AMS Corporation

About

AMS Corporation is an A2LA-accredited (ISO/IEC 17025, Certificate No. 3483.01) nuclear industry EMC testing and instrumentation and control (I&C) testing organization headquartered at 9119 Cross Park Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1977 as a spinoff of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Tennessee, AMS operates a 100,000+ sq ft technology campus staffed by approximately 100 engineers and scientists, the majority of whom are iNARTE-certified EMC Engineers and Specialists. The company's quality assurance program complies with 10 CFR 50 Appendix B and 10 CFR Part 21, and is audited by the Nuclear Procurement Issues Corporation (NUPIC) every two to three years. AMS serves nuclear facilities in 26 countries and maintains 24/7 emergency EMC support availability. EMC services center on the qualification and compatibility of digital I&C equipment and wireless technologies in nuclear power plants, where electromagnetic interference with safety-critical systems presents strict regulatory requirements. Laboratory and on-site field EMC qualification testing is performed to NRC Regulatory Guide 1.180 and EPRI TR-102323 using both MIL-STD and IEC methodologies. Specific capabilities include EMC qualification testing of digital I&C equipment, EMI/RFI troubleshooting and problem resolution, EMI/RFI site surveys of plant electromagnetic environments, wireless technology implementation support, EMC design reviews for equipment upgrades, cable testing, and EMC mitigation and redesign support during qualification. The AMS campus includes MIL-STD-461 testing facilities and a state-of-the-art EMC laboratory, and the company also operates temperature sensor response time and precision calibration laboratories, a materials testing laboratory, and environmental chambers supporting nuclear-grade qualification testing.

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