NDT Software for Power Generation — Digital Twin, ERP & Reporting

Built for nuclear, combined-cycle, coal-fired, and hydroelectric generating stations where ASME Section XI in-service inspection intervals, NEI 03-08 steam generator integrity, EPRI-grade ECT signal analysis, and NRC 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B quality assurance determine operating licence continuity.

Nuclear power plant inspection operates under the most rigorous documentation controls of any industrial inspection domain. ASME Section XI specifies inspection intervals, examination categories (Class 1, 2, 3), and acceptance criteria for every Class 1 pressure-retaining weld. NRC 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B imposes 18 quality assurance criteria spanning design, procurement, manufacturing, inspection, testing, and records — with full traceability required across a 40-80 year plant operating licence period.

Combined-cycle and coal generating stations face their own constraints — ASME B31.1 power piping creep fatigue, feedwater flow-accelerated corrosion per EPRI TR-106971, and reheater/superheater tube erosion — that generic CMMS platforms cannot operationalise without extensive customisation.

Atlantis NDT ERP implements ASME Section XI IWA/IWB/IWC/IWD examination categories as a first-class data model. Each Class 1 pressure-retaining weld in the Reactor Coolant System is recorded with its Section XI examination category (B-A through B-O), examination method (UT, RT, PT, MT, VT), and 10-year inspection interval counting (inspection cycles 1-4). Ten-year deferrals and relief requests are tracked with NRC-submission documentation linked to the affected weld ID.

PWR steam generator tubing inspection is the single most significant ECT workload in the nuclear industry. NEI 03-08 mandates the steam generator integrity program (SGIP) framework, with EPRI SGMP-2008 defining the technical basis. Atlantis NDT Reporting Software implements:

Bobbin coil ECT data for all tubes + array probe (X-Probe, Plus-Point) supplementary exam of indications per EPRI PWSCC protocols. Atlantis stores C-scan images, phase plots, and voltage amplitude trends per tube S/N across successive outages — enabling trend analysis beyond single-outage comparison.

Plugged tubes (explosive, mechanical) and sleeved tubes (Westinghouse TIG, Combustion Engineering laser-welded) are tracked per Technical Specifications operability limits. Atlantis Digital Twin visualises the tube bundle with real-time plug/sleeve overlay for operator engineering review.

NRC 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B Criterion XVII (Quality Assurance Records) requires records furnishing evidence of activities affecting quality be maintained for the life of the facility. Atlantis NDT Reporting Software stores every inspection record in PDF/A-3 long-term archival format with SHA-256 hash chaining, eIDAS/Adobe CDS qualified signatures, and WORM-compatible storage export (suitable for tape or object-lock archives). The cryptographic chain survives any vendor failure — independent auditors can verify record integrity decades later without Atlantis infrastructure.

4-8 week implementation for non-nuclear. Nuclear deployments include 10 CFR 50 Appendix B QA program alignment and ANI coordination — typical cutover 12-16 weeks.

What this page covers

  • Why power-gen inspection programs need dedicated NDT software
  • Power-gen damage mechanisms across the Atlantis stack
  • ASME Section XI in-service inspection — operationalised
  • Steam generator integrity — NEI 03-08 & EPRI ECT
  • Codes and standards referenced
  • Deploy across your power-gen inspection program
  • Bobbin + array ECT signal management
  • Plugging & sleeving traceability
  • 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B QA records retention

Key points covered

  • ASME BPVC Section XI (In-service inspection of nuclear power plant components)
  • NDT Software for Power Generation 2026: Digital Twin + ERP + Reporting (ASME XI / NEI 03-08)
  • Atlantis NDT software for power generation — nuclear, combined-cycle, coal, hydro: ASME Section XI in-service inspection tracking, ECT steam generator bobbin/array per EPRI, FAC per TR-106971, creep fatigue per ASME B31.1, NRC-grade QA records. By ASNT Level III Anoop Rayavarapu.
  • nuclear NDT software, ASME Section XI, ECT steam generator, FAC monitoring, power plant inspection, NEI 03-08
  • ASME BPVC Section III, Section V, Section XI, ASME B31.1, ASNT CP-189, ASNT CP-105, NRC 10 CFR Part 50 App B, NRC RG 1.147, NEI 03-08, EPRI TR-106971

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