Nuclear Consulting Limited

Digital Delivery

On a nuclear programme, losing track of the configuration is a safety problem as well as a cost. NCL sets up the processes and information systems that keep engineering, configuration and delivery data consistent, so teams can trace every decision and control every change.

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Digital delivery is NCL’s largest consultant group. It brings together configuration and PLM specialists, systems engineers and information, data and AI architects working on new build programmes, defence enterprises and decommissioning sites.

Practice Services

Business Process and Ways of Working

Process design and adoption for digital delivery

We design commissioning, change-control and handover processes for digital, data-led programmes and support their adoption by delivery teams.

Example

Business Process and Ways of Working

Commissioning arrangements, test package and handover processes designed and owned for a new reactor programme moving to data-centric working.

Technical and Systems Integration

Engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning systems made to work as one

We integrate programme systems and establish the interfaces, business analysis and data flows needed to keep information consistent across engineering and delivery.

Example

Technical and Systems Integration

Functional systems integrated into a single trusted information source on a major capital programme, with a business analysis function established to sustain the result.

Configuration Management

Knowing what the plant is, as designed, as built and as modified

We establish configuration governance, baselines, effectivity and change control for new build, defence and legacy programmes to ISO 10007, EIA-649 and the relevant defence standards.

Example

Configuration Management

The configuration management foundation for the intelligent replication of an EPR design baseline, reviewed against ISO 10007 and IAEA guidance.

Information Management

Traceable records for long-term regulatory use

We develop information architectures, asset information strategies, records-retention arrangements and traceability for long-term regulatory use.

Example

Information Management

Asset information strategy and enterprise, solution and data architecture across defence support programmes.

Data and Analytics

We develop data strategies, data management arrangements and analytics for regulated programmes, including analysis of programme, plant and reactor data to support planning and operation.

Example

Data and Analytics

In-service reactor data management leadership within a defence nuclear programme. Analytics that turn raw data into usable insight for energy and government clients.

Digital Tools and AI

PLM, digital twins, automation and AI where the output has to be assured

We support PLM and ERP platforms, digital commissioning, digital twins, process automation and enterprise AI, including the governance and assurance their use requires.

Example

Digital Tools and AI

First-of-a-kind digital commissioning solutions for a new build programme.

Temelin nuclear power station

Case study

Technical Leadership for a £125m Digital Transformation Programme

The commissioning programme on the UK’s first new build in a generation had to move from first-of-a-kind activities to bulk commissioning while adopting fully digital, data-centric working. NCL supplied technical leadership across configuration, change control, digital intelligent customer and independent review functions within a £125m digital transformation programme, sustained for fifteen years.

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