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Developing a 10-Year Pump Developing a 10-Year Valve
Inservice Testing Program Inservice Testing Program

PD595 PD596

This course teaches participants how to develop a Pump-IST (Inservice Upon completion of this course, you will be able to develop a Valve-
Test) Program that the NRC will accept and approve. It covers the full IST (Inservice Test) Program that complies with all NRC requirements.
range of Pump-IST requirements, including general concepts, the Following an introduction of the subject matter, it goes into general
scope of Pump-IST, overviews of ISTA and ISTB, pump testing, program concepts, scope of Valve-IST, overviews of ISTA and ISTC, program
preparation, comprehensive pump test, pump vibration, risk-informed requirements and guidance, valve testing, program preparation,
initiatives, performance-based initiatives and two case studies. It condition-monitoring for valve test, risk-informed initiatives, performance-
focuses specifically on the NRC required 10-year updates of the based initiatives, and two case studies. It highlights NRC required,
Pump-IST Program. 10-year updates of the Valve-IST Program.
Although the course is geared toward IST engineers working at a plant, While designed primarily for IST Engineers working at a plant, or IST
or IST program regulators with five to ten years of experience in the Program regulators with five to ten years’ experience, new engineers in
nuclear industry, it also teaches engineers, who are new to the field, the nuclear industry will also learn many of the basics related to safety
the basics of safety systems and standby equipment. systems and standby equipment.
You Will Learn To You Will Learn To
• Explain how to perform 10-year updates of the Pump-IST program • Explain how to perform 10-year updates of the Valve-IST program
• Identify the latest Pump-IST requirements, including ASME OM-2012 • Identify the specific requirements of the ASME OM Code,
Division 1 (OM Code), Subsection ISTB
Subsection ISTC
NUCLEAR Public Courses Who Should Attend Who Should Attend
• Identify relevant Valve-IST requirements
• Describe Pump-IST strengths and weaknesses
• Describe the latest thinking on Valve-IST strengths and weaknesses
• Explain details of current and future regulatory changes affecting
Pump-IST
• Identify current and likely future regulatory changes affecting Valve-IST
Inservice testing engineers and regulators, project managers,
Inservice test engineers, maintenance engineers, inservice testing
program regulators, licensing engineers
engineering managers with risk assessment responsibilities
Instructor C. Wesley (Wes) Rowley
Instructor C. Wesley (Wes) Rowley
3 Days, 2.3 CEUs, 15 PDHs
2 Days, 1.5 CEUs, 15 PDHs
Member $1,450 / List Price $1,550
Member $1,895 / List Price $1,995
by the instructor.
by the instructor.
Also available as Online Instructor-Supported Course EL523, led Also available as Online Instructor-Supported Course EL521, led

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