Innovating Nuclear Technology

AMS provides test equipment, training, and services to verify the performance of instrumentation and control systems (I&C) of nuclear facilities. We verify the accuracy and response times of I&C systems to ensure timely shutdown of plants when a safety-related process variable such as temperature, pressure, level, or flow exceeds its safe limit. Our mission is to ensure the safe and efficient operation of nuclear power plants, research reactors, nuclear propulsion, and nuclear defense installations. Although our products and services are primarily targeted to nuclear facilities, they have applications in and been used at a variety of other process industries including chemical plants, oil refineries, and data centers.

AMS products and services are targeted mainly to nuclear applications yet can also be used in a variety of other process industries:

  • Certify through in-plant testing of sensors and systems that process instrumentation meets the accuracy and response time requirements and complies with national and international standards, regulatory requirements, or technical specifications.

  • Online monitoring (OLM) to verify calibration and response time of process instrumentation channels including sensors and channel electronics.

  • Aging management and life extension of cables through condition monitoring of insulation properties.

  • EMC testing and EMI/RFI troubleshooting.

  • Circuit troubleshooting to identify sources of electrical noise, interference, spikes, and circuit anomalies.

  • Digital I&C qualification through laboratory EMC testing and software validation and verification (V&V) for the existing and new generation of reactors.

  • Wireless technology implementation for equipment condition monitoring.

  • Automated test equipment development to facilitate/optimize maintenance.

  • Reactor thermal power calculations.

  • Measurement of vibration of rotating equipment and reactor internals.

  • Detection of flow blockages, flow anomalies, and sources of unusual occurrences.

  • Laboratory calibration, response time testing, and qualification of nuclear grade sensors.

WHY CHOOSE US

History

AMS was founded in 1977 as a spinoff company of ORNL and the University of Tennessee.

Employees

Approximately 100 employees. AMS is staffed by a group of engineers and scientists with B.S. to Ph.D. degrees in nuclear, electrical, mechanical, chemical, computer, and material engineering.

Location

Knoxville, TN USA. Knoxville is home to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The Tennessee Valley Authority, as well as the University of Tennessee with its nationally acclaimed nuclear engineering graduate program.

OUR COMPANY IN PHOTOS

AMS works in Nuclear Power Plants around the world

1 USA
2 Argentina
3 Australia
4 Austria
5 Belgium
6 Brazil
7 Canada
8 China
9 Czech Republic
10 France
11 Japan
12 South Korea
13 Mexico
14 Norway
15 Qatar
16 Romania
17 Russia
18 Slovakia
19 Slovenia
20 Spain
21 Sweden
22 Switzerland
23 Taiwan
24 Ukraine
25 United Arab Emirates
26 United Kingdom

OUR CAMPUS

The AMS campus spans over 100,000 square feet of office, laboratory and expansion space staffed by highly qualified specialists with degrees in electrical, mechanical, nuclear, chemical, computer and material engineering. Approximately 70 percent of the company’s activities are dedicated to performing field measurements in nuclear power plants. The remaining 30 percent is divided into equipment development, laboratory testing, research and development, and technical training.

OUR QA PROGRAM

We are very proud of our comprehensive Quality Assurance program. It has been audited by NUPIC every 2 to 3 years for the last 30 years. It is also designed to comply with 10CFR50 Appendix B and its related standards. AMS is an accredited A2LA Laboratory (A2LA Cert. No. 3483.01) for qualification testing of a variety of components for nuclear power plants and other industries.