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262ssment" data-track-placement="operators-hero"> 263 Check your program readiness 264 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M17 8l4 4m0 0l-4 4m4-4H3"/></svg> 265 </a> 266 <a href="/demo/" class="btn-ghost" data-track="cta_book_demo" data-track-placement="operators-hero">Book a walkthrough</a> 267 </div> 268 <p class="seg-hero-note"> 269 18 questions, mapped to the NQA-1 requirements. Your score and band appear on screen without an email. Request the written report for a detailed gap list. 270 </p> 271 </div> 272 273 <!-- The hero visual. Shell is shared across the three 274 segment pages (.seg-viz in segment.css); only these 275 rows change. Mockup, so it is aria-hidden and the 276 .seg-sr-only line above carries the same content. --> 277 <div> 278 <p class="seg-sr-only">Illustration of a day’s intake: 142 records arrived and every one was screened on entry. Two came back grade A critical, eleven grade B significant, the rest grade C moderate or D minor. Five are shown. A relief valve setpoint out of band, graded A because it touches a licensing-basis input. A seal leak on the 2A reactor coolant pump bearing, graded B on a trend match of three in ninety days. A lapsed calibration on gauge 77-31, graded C with four measurements affected. A procedure not at the current revision at the point of use, graded C as a repeat of an earlier report. A missing scaffold tag, graded D as routine with no safety function.</p> 279 <div class="seg-viz" aria-hidden="true"> 280 <div class="seg-cov-head"> 281 <div> 282 <p class="seg-cov-label">Today’s intake</p> 283 <p class="seg-cov-scope">142 records · every one screened on entry</p> 284 </div> 285 <div class="seg-cov-counts"> 286 <span><i class="seg-cov-dot seg-cov-m"></i>2 grade A</span> 287 <span><i class="seg-cov-dot seg-cov-p"></i>11 grade B</span> 288 <span><i class="seg-cov-dot seg-cov-n"></i>129 C and D</span> 289 </div> 290 </div> 291 <div class="seg-cov-row r-in"> 292 <span class="cl">CR-24120</span> 293 <span class="nm">Relief valve setpoint out of band<span class="sub">Licensing-basis input</span></span> 294 <span><i class="seg-grade seg-grade-a">A Critical</i></span> 295 </div> 296 <div class="seg-cov-row r-in"> 297 <span class="cl">CR-24118</span> 298 <span class="nm">Seal leak, RCP 2A bearing<span class="sub">Three in ninety days</span></span> 299 <span><i class="seg-grade seg-grade-b">B Significant</i></span> 300 </div> 301 <div class="seg-cov-row r-in"> 302 <span class="cl">CR-24121</span> 303 <span class="nm">Calibration lapsed, gauge 77-31<span class="sub">4 measurements affected</span></span> 304 <span><i class="seg-grade seg-grade-c">C Moderate</i></span> 305 </div> 306 <div class="seg-cov-row r-in"> 307 <span class="cl">CR-24122</span> 308 <span class="nm">Procedure not at current revision<span class="sub">Repeat of CR-23990</span></span> 309 <span><i class="seg-grade seg-grade-c">C Moderate</i></span> 310 </div> 311 <div class="seg-cov-row r-in"> 312 <span class="cl">CR-24119</span> 313 <span class="nm">Scaffold tag missing, U1 vault<span class="sub">No safety function</span></span> 314 <span><i class="seg-grade seg-grade-d">D Minor</i></span> 315 </div> 316 <p class="seg-viz-legend"> 317 <span>Same threshold on every record, whoever is on shift</span> 318 <span>The reasoning is recorded beside the grade</span> 319 </p> 320 </div> 321 </div> 322 </div> 323 </div> 324 </section> 325 326 <!-- ââ THE ADVANTAGE ââ --> 327 <section class="seg-panel seg-stack seg-stack-1"> 328 <div class="container"> 329 <p class="section-label">Start here</p> 330 <div class="seg-lede"> 331 <h2>Start with one area. Add the next when you are ready.</h2> 332 <p> 333 Every nuclear quality tool arrives as a rip-and-replace: map the old 334 data, run both systems side by side, wait a year. That cost is the 335 reason most programs never move at all. Document control, 336 corrective action, records — each area stands up on its own, 337 so the program moves one area at a time rather than all at once. 338 </p> 339 </div> 340 341 <div class="seg-grid"> 342 343 <article class="seg-card"> 344 <div class="seg-card-head">
345 <span class="seg-card-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="4" y="3" width="16" height="18" rx="2"></rect><path d="M8 8h8M8 12h8M8 16h5"></path></svg></span> 346 <div class="seg-card-num">01</div> 347 </div> 348 <h3>The records that arrive every day</h3> 349 <p> 350 Every condition report is reviewed the day it lands, against the 351 same threshold every time, and the reasoning is written down 352 beside it. Nothing waits for the next screening meeting to be 353 looked at, and nobody has to remember why the last one was graded 354 the way it was. 355 </p> 356 <p class="seg-card-links"> 357 Related: 358 <a href="/glossary/corrective-action-program.html">Corrective Action Program</a>, 359 <a href="/glossary/records-management.html">Records Management</a> 360 </p> 361 </article> 362 <article class="seg-card"> 363 <div class="seg-card-head"> 364 <span class="seg-card-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M14 3H6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h12a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V9z"></path><path d="M14 3v6h6M8 13h8M8 17h5"></path></svg></span> 365 <div class="seg-card-num">02</div> 366 </div> 367 <h3>Document control across a fleet</h3> 368 <p> 369 Which revision was in force when the work was done, who approved 370 it, and who held it. Procedures and forms written, reviewed, 371 approved and issued in one place, with the signature part of the 372 record. 373 </p> 374 <p class="seg-card-links"> 375 Related: 376 <a href="/glossary/document-control.html">Document Control</a>, 377 <a href="/glossary/configuration-management.html">Configuration Management</a> 378 </p> 379 </article> 380 <article class="seg-card"> 381 <div class="seg-card-head"> 382 <span class="seg-card-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="3" y="4" width="18" height="16" rx="2"></rect><path d="M3 10h18M9 4v16"></path></svg></span> 383 <div class="seg-card-num">03</div> 384 </div> 385 <h3>The corrective action backlog</h3> 386 <p> 387 A condition reported, dispositioned, given a cause, and closed 388 against evidence that the action worked. One process from the 389 first report to the close, so the backlog is a queue rather than 390 an archaeology exercise. 391 </p> 392 <p class="seg-card-links"> 393 Related: 394 <a href="/glossary/corrective-action-program.html">Corrective Action Program</a>, 395 <a href="/glossary/nonconformance-management.html">Nonconformance Management</a>, 396 <a href="/glossary/operating-experience.html">Operating Experience</a> 397 </p> 398 </article> 399 <article class="seg-card"> 400 <div class="seg-card-head"> 401 <span class="seg-card-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 3 4 7v5c0 5 3.5 8.5 8 9 4.5-.5 8-4 8-9V7z"></path><path d="m9 12 2 2 4-4"></path></svg></span> 402 <div class="seg-card-num">04</div> 403 </div> 404 <h3>The three-week evidence request</h3> 405 <p> 406 Records are connected as they are made, so an evidence package 407 assembles on request. Every action anyone takes is recorded as it 408 happens and cannot be edited after, and every AI answer points
409 back to the record it came from. 410 </p> 411 <p class="seg-card-links"> 412 Related: 413 <a href="/glossary/auditing-and-assessment.html">Auditing & Assessment</a>, 414 <a href="/glossary/records-management.html">Records Management</a> 415 </p> 416 </article> 417 418 </div> 419 </div> 420 </section> 421 422 <!-- ââ REVIEW TABLE ââ --> 423 <section class="seg-panel seg-stack seg-stack-2 seg-panel-orange"> 424 <div class="container"> 425 <p class="section-label">The gap, concretely</p> 426 <div class="seg-lede"> 427 <h2>What a review asks for, and what it takes to produce today</h2> 428 <p> 429 Seven requests that come up in almost every internal audit, 430 self-assessment and regulatory review. 431 </p> 432 </div> 433 <div class="seg-table-wrap"> 434 <table class="seg-table"> 435 <caption class="seg-sr-only">Requests that come up in an internal audit or regulatory review, what producing them takes today, and what should carry them.</caption> 436 <thead> 437 <tr> 438 <th scope="col">The request</th> 439 <th scope="col">What it takes today</th> 440 <th scope="col">What should carry it</th> 441 </tr> 442 </thead> 443 <tbody> 444 <tr> 445 <td>The revision in force when the work was done</td> 446 <td>Check the controlled copy, then check whether the shop copy matched.</td> 447 <td>The revision at that date, with the record of who held it.</td> 448 </tr> 449 <tr> 450 <td>Whether the person who signed was qualified to</td> 451 <td>Training records, cross-referenced by hand against the signature.</td> 452 <td>Qualification checked against the sign-off at the moment it happened.</td> 453 </tr> 454 <tr> 455 <td>Calibration status when the measurement was taken</td> 456 <td>Certificates in a folder, matched to dates manually.</td> 457 <td>Calibration status on the measurement date, and what was affected if it lapsed.</td> 458 </tr> 459 <tr> 460 <td>Every condition report on a system, and its closure</td> 461 <td>Two logs and the ones handled informally.</td> 462 <td>One list, each with disposition, cause, and the action that closed it.</td> 463 </tr> 464 <tr> 465 <td>Whether a corrective action actually worked</td> 466 <td>A closure date, and a hope.</td> 467 <td>Effectiveness recorded against the action that claimed it.</td> 468 </tr> 469 <tr> 470 <td>Records for a job from a decade ago</td> 471 <td>Days of assembly, if the people involved are still here.</td> 472 <td>An evidence package assembled on request, traceable to source records.</td> 473 </tr> 474 <tr> 475 <td>What everyone did, and when</td> 476 <td>Reconstructed from memory and email.</td> 477 <td>Recorded automatically on every action, and never edited after.</td> 478 </tr> 479 </tbody> 480 </table> 481 </div> 482 <p class="seg-footnote"> 483 The process exists in every row. Having to reconstruct the evidence 484 under review is where findings come from. 485 </p> 486 </div> 487 </section> 488 489 <!-- ââ LEWIS ââ --> 490 <section class="seg-panel seg-stack seg-stack-3 seg-lewis"> 491 <div class="container"> 492 <div class="seg-lewis-head"> 493 <svg class="lewis-mark is-working" viewBox="0 0 100 100" aria-hidden="true"><circle class="lewis-node" cx="50" cy="16" r="9" /><circle class="lewis-node" cx="79" cy="33" r="9" /><circle class="lewis-node" cx="79" cy="67" r="9" /><circle class="lewis-node" cx="50" cy="84" r="9" /><circle class="lewis-node" cx="21" cy="67" r="9" /><circle class="lewis-node" cx="21" cy="33" r="9" /><circle class="lewis-core" cx="50" cy="50" r="11" /></svg> 494 <div> 495 <p class="section-label">lewis · the AI quality manager for nuclear</p> 496 <h2>The reviewer that never gets to the end of the queue</h2> 497 <p> 498 An operating fleet makes more records in a week than any team can read. 499 lewis reads all of them, so the ones that need a person get to a person. 500 </p> 501 </div> 502 </div> 503 <div class="seg-lewis-principle">
504 <span>lewis recommends</span> 505 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" aria-hidden="true"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M17 8l4 4m0 0l-4 4m4-4H3"/></svg> 506 <span>your people decide</span> 507 </div> 508 <div class="seg-lewis-caps"> 509 <div class="seg-lewis-cap"> 510 <span class="seg-lewis-cap-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="4" y="3" width="16" height="18" rx="2"></rect><path d="M8 8h8M8 12h8M8 16h5"></path></svg></span> 511 <h3>Assembles evidence packages</h3> 512 <p>The request that took three weeks comes back assembled, traceable to the source records.</p> 513 </div> 514 <div class="seg-lewis-cap"> 515 <span class="seg-lewis-cap-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M14 3H6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h12a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V9z"></path><path d="M14 3v6h6M8 13h8M8 17h5"></path></svg></span> 516 <h3>Drafts corrective actions</h3> 517 <p>Writes the cause analysis and the response from the condition report and the evidence attached to it.</p> 518 </div> 519 <div class="seg-lewis-cap"> 520 <span class="seg-lewis-cap-icon"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 3 4 7v5c0 5 3.5 8.5 8 9 4.5-.5 8-4 8-9V7z"></path><path d="m9 12 2 2 4-4"></path></svg></span> 521 <h3>Reviews records on entry</h3> 522 <p>Every record checked as it lands, so a gap surfaces years before someone goes looking for it.</p> 523 </div> 524 </div> 525 </div> 526 </section> 527 528 <!-- ââ PROOF ââ --> 529 <section class="seg-panel seg-stack seg-stack-4 seg-panel-plain"> 530 <div class="container"> 531 <div class="seg-proof"> 532 <p class="seg-proof-label">Built by operators, in production with</p> 533 <div class="seg-proof-marquee"> 534 <div class="seg-proof-track"> 535 <span class="m-lep"><img src="/img/lep-logo.png" alt="Laurentis Energy Partners" width="117" height="26" loading="lazy" /></span> 536 <span class="m-opg"><img src="/img/opg-logo.png" alt="Ontario Power Generation" width="51" height="32" loading="lazy" /></span> 537 <span class="m-brotech"><img src="/img/brotech-logo.png" alt="Brotech Precision CNC" width="113" height="30" loading="lazy" /></span> 538 <span class="m-deepfission"><img src="/img/deep-fission-logo.svg" alt="Deep Fission" width="161" height="18" loading="lazy" /></span> 539 <span class="m-lep" aria-hidden="true" data-dup><img src="/img/lep-logo.png" alt="" width="117" height="26" loading="lazy" /></span> 540 <span class="m-opg" aria-hidden="true" data-dup><img src="/img/opg-logo.png" alt="" width="51" height="32" loading="lazy" /></span> 541 <span class="m-brotech" aria-hidden="true" data-dup><img src="/img/brotech-logo.png" alt="" width="113" height="30" loading="lazy" /></span> 542 <span class="m-deepfission" aria-hidden="true" data-dup><img src="/img/deep-fission-logo.svg" alt="" width="161" height="18" loading="lazy" /></span> 543 </div> 544 </div> 545 <p class="seg-proof-note"> 546 Founded by engineers out of Ontario Power Generation, and in 547 production with operating nuclear organizations. Each customer runs 548 its own isolated instance, in our cloud, in yours, or on-premise and 549 air-gapped. SOC 2 Type II certified — 550 <a href="/security/" data-track="cta_security_package" data-track-placement="segment-proof">request the report</a>. 551 </p> 552 </div> 553 </div> 554 </section> 555 556 <!-- ââ GLOSSARY ââ --> 557 <section class="seg-panel seg-stack seg-stack-5"> 558 <div class="container"> 559 <p class="section-label">Read first</p> 560 <div class="seg-lede"> 561 <h2>The standards an operating fleet is held to</h2> 562 </div> 563 <div class="seg-links-grid"> 564 <a href="/glossary/csa-n286.html" class="seg-link-card">
565 <span class="seg-link-abbr">CSA N286</span> 566 <span class="seg-link-name">Management system requirements for Canadian nuclear facilities</span> 567 </a> 568 <a href="/glossary/nqa-1.html" class="seg-link-card"> 569 <span class="seg-link-abbr">NQA-1</span> 570 <span class="seg-link-name">The ASME quality assurance standard, and its 18 requirements</span> 571 </a> 572 <a href="/glossary/10-cfr-50-appendix-b.html" class="seg-link-card"> 573 <span class="seg-link-abbr">10 CFR 50 App. B</span> 574 <span class="seg-link-name">The NRC’s 18 quality assurance criteria</span> 575 </a> 576 <a href="/glossary/iaea-gsr-part-2.html" class="seg-link-card"> 577 <span class="seg-link-abbr">IAEA GSR Part 2</span> 578 <span class="seg-link-name">Leadership and management for safety</span> 579 </a> 580 <a href="/glossary/records-management.html" class="seg-link-card"> 581 <span class="seg-link-abbr">Process</span> 582 <span class="seg-link-name">Quality assurance records, retention, and retrieval</span> 583 </a> 584 <a href="/glossary/corrective-action-program.html" class="seg-link-card"> 585 <span class="seg-link-abbr">Process</span> 586 <span class="seg-link-name">Corrective action, cause analysis, and effectiveness review</span> 587 </a> 588 <a href="/glossary/auditing-and-assessment.html" class="seg-link-card"> 589 <span class="seg-link-abbr">Process</span> 590 <span class="seg-link-name">Auditing, self-assessment, and independent oversight</span> 591 </a> 592 <a href="/glossary/" class="seg-link-card seg-link-card-all"> 593 <span class="seg-link-abbr">All terms</span> 594 <span class="seg-link-name">The full nuclear QA glossary, 36 entries</span> 595 </a> 596 </div> 597 </div> 598 </section> 599 600 <!-- ââ FAQ ââ 601 Rendered verbatim from the FAQPage JSON-LD in the head. Change one, 602 change the other: markup describing content the reader cannot see is 603 a structured-data violation. --> 604 <section class="seg-panel seg-stack seg-stack-6 seg-panel-orange"> 605 <div class="container"> 606 <p class="section-label">Questions</p> 607 <div class="seg-lede"> 608 <h2>Common questions from operating fleets</h2> 609 </div> 610 <div class="seg-faq"> 611 <div class="seg-faq-item"> 612 <h3>Do we have to migrate our records before we can use it?</h3> 613 <p> 614 Not all of it, and not first. Each area stands up on its own: 615 document control, corrective action, records. Start with the one that 616 hurts most and add the next when you are ready. There is no parallel run 617 to staff and no cut-over date to defend. 618 </p> 619 </div> 620 <div class="seg-faq-item"> 621 <h3>How does this sit alongside the systems we already run?</h3> 622 <p> 623 One area at a time. Documents, forms and scanned PDFs are imported and 624 indexed when you bring an area across, and the areas you are not ready to 625 move stay where they are until you are. 626 </p> 627 </div> 628 <div class="seg-faq-item"> 629 <h3>What does CSA N286 ask of an operating licensee?</h3> 630 <p> 631 A management system covering the whole organization, not a quality manual 632 sitting beside it: defined processes, controls graded to safety 633 significance, people qualified for the work they do, and records that show 634 all of it happened. The CNSC assesses the system as it is run, not as it 635 is written. 636 </p> 637 </div> 638 </div> 639 </div> 640 </section> 641 642 <!-- ââ CTA ââ --> 643 <!-- The CTA and the footer share one continuous dark block, as on the 644 homepage: full-bleed, rounded only at the top. --> 645 <div class="seg-page-close"> 646 <section class="seg-close">
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