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ADF carries out mechanical maintenance work, pipe work and sheet metal work for the nuclear industry inside and outside of controlled zones, strictly respecting the safety regulations and lead times that are characteristic of nuclear activities.

 

Your expectations

As a leading edge technology sector, you expect that a service provider understands the problems related to nuclear safety and in particular that the provider know how:

  • To master the general technical standards and regulations (knowledge of working in nuclear environments)
  • To ensure the complete traceability of the services
  • To provide reliable and compliant maintenance services
  • To provide expert opinions and advice on the fitting of high quality pipe and sheet metal work equipment
  • To search for the optimal solution between the quality and the cost of the services
  • To respect lead times
  

 

Our solutions

Our know-how and knowledge of the nuclear industry permits us to combine quality, control and safety in our work :

  • Certified personnel for work with ionising radiation
  • Qualified welders and welding processes to NF EN and RCCM standards
  • CEFRIE and Cas 1 certifications as part of 85/114 to the EDF reference standard
  • Study and planning upstream of work to be carried out respecting the documentary procedures and safety guidelines.

This expertise enables us: 
  • To make sheet metal parts including pressurised equipment to DESP standards
  • To make carbon steel and stainless steel systems with single or double envelopes (design and fitting of lead shells)
  • Needle welding and cold trap
  • Purging of circuits for statutory hydraulic testing of the main primary circuit of a section, identification of all of the welds and accompanying of the safety authority during the nominal level

 

References

Through our offer in terms of pipe and sheet metal work, ADF helps nuclear power station installations to keep on running and helps in the renewal of nuclear energy by constructing pressurised equipment for the EPR.