Safe Plant Design and Data Management
Nuclear power plants, which do not emit the principal greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, account for the majority of voluntary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the electric power sector. Power companies are looking for ways to accelerate licensing and plant design projects to reduce costs and bring new nuclear plants onto the grid faster.
The value chain for these projects is significantly different than others in the engineering and construction industry. It includes rigorous configuration management and regulatory requirements at every step in the facility lifecycle to ensure plant safety. The value proposition of the Bentley power generation solution is very compelling for the nuclear industry.
ProjectWise LifeCycle Server manages data across the lifecycle of the asset ensuring the information is complete, consistent and correct as it passed between parties. It reduces time wasted finding the right information or working on incorrect data, speeds up approvals processes, and gets plants online and running faster and safer with minimal downtime.
Our engineering analysis products use Bentley’s quality assurance and reporting program, which certifies that notification of any confirmed “Critical” software error is promptly reported in sufficient detail to assess the potential impact on the safety-related systems. This applies to systems designed using Bentley AutoPIPE or STAAD.Pro analysis software in accordance with the requirements of 10CFR21.
Bentley AutoPIPE is one of the few PC-based pipe stress programs approved for use in nuclear safety applications. It has been approved by the Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee and it has passed numerous independent on-site audits as well.
STAAD.Pro is the only software product that has gone through ISO 9001 certification and passed this stringent software validation. Both Bentley AutoPIPE and STAAD.Pro software are covered under the Bentley nuclear quality assurance program—Bentley solution for nuclear power generation is widely used for safety-related applications.
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