Nuclear Qualification

Expertise in nuclear standards and a thorough understanding of requirements: we certify your facilities with the rigor demanded by standards and codes.

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Nuclear Qualification is an essential process for ensuring that equipment, components, and systems used in nuclear facilities operate safely and reliably under normal, accident, and post-accident conditions. This process demonstrates compliance with regulatory and standard requirements through testing, calculations, and documented justifications.

Our Services

  • Supporting operators and suppliers in their qualification strategy

  • Reducing the risk of qualification failure by anticipating potential issues

  • Validating the qualification strategy to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements

  • Drafting of qualification documents (qualification program, summary reports, etc.)

  • Overseeing testing and validating reports

  • Contributing to the optimization of qualification timelines and costs

Our strengths

  • In-depth knowledge of nuclear standards and requirements

  • Ability to work on new projects or maintenance projects

  • An integrated approach that allows us to support our clients from the definition of requirements through to the full qualification of equipment

  • A partnership with testing laboratories to conduct tests under extreme conditions

Our references

Ekium works alongside major clients in the nuclear sector (EDF, Framatome, CEA, Orano) on strategic equipment qualification projects, drawing on its recognized expertise and know-how.

Our deliverables

Ekium provides comprehensive documentation that complies with nuclear industry requirements, including:

  • Equipment Qualification File (EQF)

  • Equipment Qualification Program (EQP)

  • Qualification Report (RQ)

  • Test Reports

  • NSQ (Qualification Summary Note)

  • FMQ (Qualified Equipment Lifecycle Record)

  • Qualification Management Plan

  • ... (over 150 deliverables!)

Group presence

The Snef Group operates across four continents—the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Oceania—in 30 countries and 80 cities, with a network spanning more than 100 international locations.