Environmental Qualification DataBank

EQDB has been the quintessential EQ database for more than 30 years and contains the most thorough collection of EQ-related information including: test reports, equipment evaluations, materials aging and radiation data, and EQ-specific regulatory documents. Now more than ever, as new engineers are coming into the discipline, EQDB serves as the cornerstone resource for EQ-related information.

EQDB significantly lowers the cost of EQ-related activities by reducing man-hours spent while conducting research, document retrieval, and review of detailed equipment data. Especially for time-sensitive activities such as reportability or operability determinations, the rapid retrieval of information can make a significant difference in expended man-hours.

Materials Aging and Radiation Effects Library

Conduct EQ calculations with quality assured Arrhenius and Radiation data.

The System 1000^™ is a web-based, 10CFR 50, Appendix B compliant, Arrhenius calculator and materials aging and radiation database. Fully recognized by the NRC, it has been the industry standard since 1985 and a value-added addition to EQDB since 2000. It is the only program of its type providing quality-assured activation energies and radiation data for thousands of materials coupled with independently verified Arrhenius algorithms used for calculating equipment life.

Equipment Qualification Management System

Manage the entire EQ program all in one digital program.

EQMS is a value-added option to EQDB. EQMS is a Windows-based database application that provides a standardized electronic platform on which qualification can be documented and maintained in full compliance with 10CFR50, Appendix B. Historically, utilities performed the EQ task independently of each other resulting in unnecessary duplicitous work. EQMS provides a standard platform that helps each member utility perform and share evaluations both internally and with each other. Through EQMS, shared generic evaluations can be used to identify qualified equipment and evaluate test results for plant-specific requirements; thus, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars on testing similar components. EQMS streamlines the EQ File maintenance and revision process. Because it is an electronic database, changes can be completed and reviewed in a matter of hours rather than weeks, without the need to replicate and maintain hard-copy working binders.

People with the knowledge to use the tools

Curtiss-Wright Nuclear is your trusted partner in running a mature, effectively functioning EQ Program that remains compliant with regulations, standards and regulatory commitments and supports the safe, reliable and profitable generation of electricity. We are the on-call, single-point-of-contact resource providing the tools needed to run the EQ Program, provide access to experts with decades of EQ experience, provide advanced EQ training, and continuous access to regulatory and industry documents and data to aid in the formation, oversight and technical support of the plant’s EQ Program.