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The Total Provision of High-Quality Engineering Services

The Engineering Service Center of ATOX (ESCA) represents a new organization that was initiated in September 2020 so as to deliver total solutions to clients in the form of one-stop services, such encompassing everything from the design, operation, analysis, and construction of plant equipment, through to any subsequent decommissioning and removal. By consolidating our wealth of engineering knowledge and the extensive project management skills that the company has gained through more than 40 years of frontline experience in working at nuclear power facilities, and by working closely in conjunction with the Engineering Research & Development Center, ATOX can provide high-quality engineering services whose flexibility is in accordance with customer needs.

ESCA Services

ATOX offers consistent support throughout all seven phases of a nuclear plant’s life cycle (i.e., the Feasibility Study, Front-End Engineering Design, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Operation & Maintenance, and Decommissioning phases). Through such services, we can assist customers in developing engineering environments for their own plants that offer high levels of cost performance.

Feasibility Study (FS)

A feasibility study can assist in the clarification of a customer’s circumstances as well as revealing any latent needs, etc. Through the consolidation of all pertinent information, the true nature of matters can be understood, and problems existing on the workplace frontlines rectified, as well as other issues requiring improvement addressed.

Front-End Engineering Design (FEED)

By pushing forward with validating a project’s feasibility, before making a commitment to full-blown processes for the initiation of construction, front-end engineering design allows for greater detail to be realized both with regard to quantitative tasks and matters of basic design. That in itself further heightens the accuracy of the validation process.

Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC)

During the Engineering phase, design work is undertaken with respect to components, equipment, and plant. Thus, the necessary meticulousness can then be implemented when considering factors such as workflows, contamination classifications, work-related exposure, and decontamination. Concerning the Procurement phase, from among the tie-ups that may be initiated with different vendors and corporate collaborators each of which is capable of equipment manufacture and onsite construction, it is possible to select the components that best meet customer needs, and to then realize their introduction in short order. During the Construction phase, consistent processes can also be implemented, such as commencing with the drawing up of execution plans and then proceeding to encompass the undertaking of equipment manufacture and factory inspections. Likewise, ATOX can handle transportation-to-site tasks, set-ups, and associated installation processes, along with completing any required testing along the way. Additionally, we can implement and oversee whatever tasks are conducted in radiation-controlled areas and keep abreast of issues thus encountered. Similarly, in addition to individually managing the activities of everybody who works under such conditions, we can respond to those construction types that are subject to the provisions of the Construction Business Act.

Operation & Management (O&M)

Concerning the Operation & Management of infrastructure attached to nuclear power stations, we provide total maintenance services that encompass all aspects of a plant’s facilities. Specifically, we undertake the removal of radioactive substances from buildings and equipment, etc., as well as carrying out day-to-day radiation control management practices. Likewise, we can handle tasks involving the disposal of radioactive waste, the overall washing of facilities, and even the cleaning of clothing and protective equipment used in controlled areas.

Decommissioning

With respect to Decommissioning, the dismantling and removal of nuclear power facilities whose operation has been permanently suspended due to reasons such as obsolescence, etc., ATOX boasts an extensive track record. Thus, while preventing the leakage of both radioactive materials and other forms of radiation, we can undertake to both separate out whatever is dangerous and arrange to dispose of it safely. Likewise, we take steps to prevent instances of unnecessary or excessive radiation exposure while doing so.

Absolute Quality Standards

Within ESCA, in addition to the application of quality management systems that are in accordance with the provisions of the ISO 9001 Standards, ATOX has enacted its own “BD Standards” to maintain the quality of its services, for cost reduction reasons, for prevention against defects, and for exercising control over work processes and technologies with the objective of ensuring profitability. From the preparation of an estimate through to procurement, the BD Standards stipulate how all work is to be undertaken. Specifically, they lay out some 48 design and work management requirements, some 83 others cover the issues of technical documentation and design criteria, and finally another 28 that deal with matters related to quality assurance, etc. Thus, all-in-all, our BD Standards dictate some 159 items whose criteria have to be met.

We also have numerous staff members who possess highly-specialized skills

• Engineers (in the nuclear power, construction, and machinery fields, among others)
• Plumbing Works Construction and Management engineers (Classes 1 & 2)
• Civil Engineering Works Construction and Management engineers (Classes 1 & 2)
• Supervisory technicians
• Electrical Works Construction and Management engineers (Class 1)
• JIS-Certified Stainless-Steel Welding technicians (TN-P)
• Welding-Management technicians (Class 2)
• Non-Destructive Inspection technicians (PT. UT)
• Qualified Post-Installation Anchoring specialists (Type 1)
• Qualified electricians (Types 1 & 2)
• Qualified boiler maintenance technicians
• Qualified Boiler engineers (Classes 1 & 2)
• Fire Defense Equipment officers (Class 3)
• Machinery Maintenance technicians (Class 1), etc.

Business Inherited from Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI)

The company inherited the Nuclear Power Business of KHI in March of 2021, the hope being to utilize such as a resource to reinforce the technical underpinnings of the Engineering Service Center of ATOX (ESCA) as an individual business unit. Concerning quality assurance standards, such were subsequently drawn up, their basis being the individual unit frameworks (the ND Standards ) that KHI previously tied to its Nuclear Power Business based upon its many years of accumulated knowledge. Likewise, based on the acquired technical know-how and patents, concerning the quotation and contractual processes felt necessary when developing equipment, by pushing further forward with the standardization of those tasks related to Engineering, Procurement, and Construction, ATOX strengthened its approaches to quality assurance so as to become a one-stop provider of engineering services.