Nuclear

Elmore Engineering's employees have over 80 years of experience in the nuclear world. We are familiar with the issues that face the industry, the way work flows, and the quality programs that must be followed. We have experience in a variety of structural, mechanical, and security project realms and have worked at various plants across the country. We also have an approved safeguards program for our security work as well as a client audited 10 CFR 50 Appendix B quality assurance program.

Nuclear Capabilities:

Featured Projects

Tornado Door

In the process of implementing directives from the Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC), our client needed to design a tornado door for the facilities' FLEX equipment storage building. The door was required to resist the missiles included in the plants Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) and remain operable. Our engineering team adopted the use of both hand calculations and LS-DYNA to design and analyze an economic and easily manually operated tornado door exceeding FSAR and NRC requirements. Detailed engineering drawings were also provided to assist in the fabrication of the new door. By employing EESI on this project the client was able to purchase two doors for less than the price of a single off-the-shelf tornado door, including custom design.

Water Barrier Design

As part of efforts to enhance a nuclear energy client's security plan to meet NRC requirements, a new water barrier was installed in a critical discharge canal. The initial design experienced operability failure in the channel during high flow conditions. EESI's engineering team, with the aid of the Incompressible Fluids Solver (ICFD) and Fluid Structure Interactions (FSI) available in LS-DYNA, helped optimize the design of the barrier to avoid failure of the barrier during high flow events. The resulting optimized design collaboration with Worthington Products resulted in a system capable of withstanding high channel flows while maintaining the intended security function.

Vehicle Impact Analysis

In an effort to upgrade physical security for a Nuclear client, various gate opening were needed. Gates were required to meet specific NRC requirements for various vehicle impacts and penetrations. EESI's engineering team performed an extensive array of LS-DYNA vehicle impact simulations varying the gate opening, vehicle type, vehicle mass, and ballasting options. The project resulted in a design matrix that allowed for hasty and efficient selection of the appropriate gate at specific locations along the site's perimeter including sally ports.

Pipe Analysis and Verification

As part of efforts to enhance a nuclear energy client's security plan to meet NRC requirements, a new water barrier was installed in a critical discharge canal. The initial design experienced operability failure in the channel during high flow conditions. EESI's engineering team, with the aid of the Incompressible Fluids Solver (ICFD) and Fluid Structure Interactions (FSI) available in LS-DYNA, helped optimize the design of the barrier to avoid failure of the barrier during high flow events. The resulting optimized design collaboration with Worthington Products resulted in a system capable of withstanding high channel flows while maintaining the intended security function.