EXCEL’s professionals have extensive involvement with nuclear utilities performing all aspects of the evaluations necessary for transition to a 24-month operating cycle (except for the fuels and vessel analysis). EXCEL works with the NRC in the development and licensing of 24-month operating cycle extension projects, as well as relevant industry guidance documents. EXCEL is the premier consulting firm for the development of surveillance failure analyses, instrument drift analyses, instrument uncertainty/setpoint calculations, and Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) revisions to support surveillance interval extensions. EXCEL has significant experience in all phases of 24-Month Fuel Cycle and Surveillance Interval Extension projects, from the scoping study phase, through design and licensing, to project implementation and trending.
