
Nuclear Industry
VARCHU MARC LLP provides analytical testing services for the nuclear power industry, and their suppliers, on metals, specialty alloys, polymers, coatings, ceramics and other materials critical to the building, certification, and operation of plants.
The ability of component and storage materials to withstand the demanding operating conditions of a power plant is required for public utility and environmental approvals.
We provide commercial-grade dedication verification testing to ensure that commercial-grade items are equivalent to items manufactured under a 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, quality assurance program. By providing traceable, verifiable analyses,VARCHU MARC LLP ensures the safety and reliability of nuclear components.
At VARCHU MARC LLP Labs, we have a quality assurance program in compliance with:
- 10CFR50 Appendix B
- 10CFR Part 21
- ASME III Subsection NCA 3800
- ASME NQA-1
- ISO 17025
- NIAC
METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS
- AWS Certified Weld Inspection
- Braze Procedure/Process Analysis
- Cross Sectional Analysis
- Defect Detection
- Grain Size
- Inclusion Rating
- Intergranular Attack
- Macroetch
- Microhardness
- Microscopy (SEM, Macro, Micro)
- Microstructure
- Plating Thickness
- Porosity
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MECHANICAL TESTING
- Bend Testing (including wraparound)
- Creep and Stress Rupture
- Fatigue (LCF, HCF, RBF)
- Fracture Mechanics Testing
- Hardness (Brinell, Rockwell)
- Impact Testing
- Torsion
- Resistance Weld Peel Testing
- Tensile/High Temperature Tensile Testing
- Weld Evaluation