Equipment Qualification (EQ) Fundamentals

Overview
This seminar presents a basis for the regulations and standards requiring Equipment
Qualification of nuclear safety related components the methods by which EQ is
performed the importance of the qualification basis to the supply of new equipment the
significance of EQ through plant life, and considerations applicable to the nuclear
renaissance. A tour of the Kinectrics laboratories is included in this seminar.
Course Outline:
Overview
Why are we here?
Historical Background
o Operating Experience (OE)
United States/Domestic Approach
o IEEE 323, ASME QME-1
International Approach
New Nuclear Generation Nuclear
Renaissance
EQ Defined
Design basis Accidents / Events (DBA / DBE)
EQ Regulations / Rulemaking
o IE Bulletin 79-01B
o NUREG-0588
o 10 CFR 50.49
o 10 CFR 50 Appendix A, General
Design Criteria (GDC)
o Regulatory Guide 1.89
EQ Elements
o Mild versus Harsh Environment
o Aging

Accelerated Thermal Aging

Radiation Aging

Operational Aging
o Seismic & Dynamic Analysis/Testing
o LOCA/HELB Analysis/Testing
o Submergence
Establishing the EQ Basis
Uses for the EQ Basis
Extrapolating Results
Design Control
Plant Configuration Management
EQ Maintenance/Surveillance
o Preventive
o Replacement
Commercial Grade Dedication
Considerations
Condition Monitoring/Life Extension
EQ Evaluations / Analysis
Nuclear Renaissance
Changes to the Governing Regulations &
Standards
o RG 1.89, IEEE 323
o RG 1.100, IEEE 344
o Others (ASME QME-1, AG-1)

Laboratory Tour and Workshops

The course includes a complimentary tour of the
Kinectrics laboratories:

Inspection/Metrology
Environmental Aging Chambers
Seismic Simulator
LOCA/HELB Facility

Who Should Attend?

Participants expected to benefit highly from this
seminar include:

Design Engineers
Procurement Engineers
Buyers and Supply Chain Personnel
Manufacturers who supply to, or wish to supply to,
the nuclear industry.

Key Benefits:
Learn the following:

The historical background which has led to the

development of EQ regulations
What regulations and standards govern EQ
activities
What methods are available to establish EQ
How EQ is applied to the operating plant
EQ considerations for the Nuclear
Renaissance

Price:
1 day: $750 + applicable taxes
Complimentary lunch and coffee breaks

Instructor:
Garry Chapman is a Mechanical
Engineer and a Registered
Professional Engineer with extensive
engineering, maintenance and
operations experience responsible for
commercial grade dedication and
equipment qualification services in
the USA and Canada. He has been
actively involved in industry activities
including EPRI task groups and IEEE
standards writing bodies.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for

Professional Development hours