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Nuclear Safety Solutions Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC) Authorized Notified Body (ANB) Independant Third Party Inspection Agency (ITPIA) ASME Accredited Authorized Inspection Agency (AIA)

Apave, your technical expert dedicated to the entire life cycle of your nuclear facilities Apave, an independent organization for more than 150 years, improve customers benefits by meeting regulations and assessing the supply chain, essential to the nuclear industry.

With more than 700 nuclear technical experts and risk engineers dedicated to the integrity of nuclear power, Apave is committed to support customers worldwide to meet their demands, from transparency to corporate responsibility, from profitability to safety, from environment to sustainability.

Our expertise covers the entire life cycle of nuclear facilities: Design, Procurement, Construction, Testing, Operation, Maintenance, Refurbishment, Decommissioning and Dismantling.

Typical profiles of customers supported by Apave: National Safety Authorities, Nuclear Facility Operators, Engineering Companies, Equipment Manufacturers, Dismantling Supply Chain.

Building

Our solutions Equipment

Infrastructure

You are a Designer, Engineering, Manufacturer, Operator or Safety Authority Your stake: Safety & Performance improvement

You are a Safety Authority, Project Contracting Owner or General Contractor Your stake: Safety / Risk Management assessment / Organisational and Quality Management

Equipment qualification • A range of testing solutions for the nuclear market: seismic, functional tests, LOCA, numerical simulation, EMC tests…

Structural integrity management

Apave AIA • ASME Authorised Inspection Agency

NCi® Nuclear Construction Inspection • Third party inspection on Civil Works • Structures instrumentation • Calculation model calibration

Design appraisal • Codes & Standards training (RCC series & ASME)

Safety & risk management • NPHS®: Nuclear Project Health & Safety program

Compliance risk & technical services • Country Regulatory conformity • Quality Assessment (QA) • Quality Control (QC) • Non Destructive Testing (NDT)

Environment conformity

Equipment certification • Provide your customers with the assurance that their equipment is compliant with a third-party recognition

Ageing management solution • Ageing Control Management • Lifetime extension

System

References

You step in or operate a nuclear facility Your stake: Human & Organisational Factor / Risk Management & Knowledge Management

International market: • Inspection of components manufactured for various international nuclear projects • Independent Third Party Inspection Agency for the UK EPR (LRQA Apave) • Projects in China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, etc., managed either from France or from our different subsidaries around the world

Knowledge & skills development • Safety & Quality • Conformity (Regulatory)

• Building Information Modeling (BIM) • Nuclear Construction Inspection (NCi®) • Building Ageing Management

Testing & Measurement

• Equipment qualification • Certification • Environment

Digital risk management • Cybersecurity • Personal data protection (GDPR)

Quality Assessment (QA) Quality Control (QC)

Certification & Labelling • Equipment • Systems • Supply Chain (ISO 19443) • Human factor

HSEQ Management • Health & Safety (NPHS®) • Environment • Quality

Inspection • Third Party Inspection for safety authorities • Second Party for engineering companies • Non-destructive examination

Training • Safety & Quality • Codes & Standards • Clearance accreditation • Nuclear professions

Certification • Quality System (ISO 9001 or ISO 19443) • Safety (ISO 45001) • Environment (ISO 14001) Supply chain assessment • Supplier Qualification Assessment • Remote audits Knowledge & skills development • Radioprotection • Safety & Quality Technical support organisation (TSO) • Safety Regulatory assessment and surveillance Digital risk management • Cybersecurity • Personal data protection (GDPR)

Major international projects: • EPR2 project Penly • ITER project • RJH (experimental Jules Horowitz Reactor) • EPR Flamanville 3 • EPR Hinkley Point C and sizewell C • Management of the international consortium of third-party companies IQSE (International Quality Safety Environment)

• Independent organization • Technical & regulatory expertise • Apave’s approvals Apave holds numerous accreditations, certifications and approvals that are necessary to serve the nuclear industry.

Numip / QTechna (Slovenia, Eastern Europe, Middle East) Based in Slovenia, our 2 companies (more than 200 employees) offer the following services to the nuclear market: outage project management, nuclear island maintenance and repairs, non-destructive testing, examination and certification, training, quality assurance and quality control, and notified body.

• Global technical and service organization

Apave TIV (USA, UK, Middle East, Asia)

• Local teams close to customers’ sites - Present in more than 55 countries across the world and a network of 130 agencies in France.

- 14 000 employees including 10 000 engineers and technicians.

Apave TIV, a US-based ASME inspection agency company (more than 450 employees), ASME NQA1 certified, offers certification, ASME 3,8,10, and 11 inspections and stamps, consulting services such as safety analysis, manufacturing inspections, quality assurance, and quality control. Apave TIV can easily serve its customers locally thanks to its extensive network of consultants worldwide (North America, Middle East, Europe, Asia).

• Our specialized subsidiaries - Sopemea is a set of laboratories specialising in environmental testing. For more than 70 years, Sopemea has offered its customers a complete range of testing services for all types of equipment in the fields of mechanics, vibration, climate, electricity, hydraulics and electromagnetic compatibility.

Sopemea is involved in international nuclear programs: HPC, ITER, FA3, RJH… sopemea.apave.com

Contact us 0 805 62 5000 www.apave.com

Apave Poland Apave Poland is our foothold in Poland, giving us access to the country’s promising nuclear industry and a strategic proximity to local industry players. It groups the expertise of several subsidiaries (ISOCERT, Systemics, Baltic Control) providing nuclear players with a comprehensive range of solutions (certification, inspection, training, consulting...) to contribute to the safety of the industry.

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Reasons for choosing Apave