{"id":809,"date":"2024-06-24T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/?post_type=case_studies&#038;p=809"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:56:31","slug":"smr-and-new-build-programs","status":"publish","type":"case_studies","link":"https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/case-studies\/smr-and-new-build-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Automated Solutions for the Advancement of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-60f50814\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1e77d957 gb-headline-text\">SMR Case Study Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-1cff0731\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-6c3332ba\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6c3332ba\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-4ce62e7a\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-4ce62e7a\" src=\"https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/07\/Property-1complex.svg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Property 1=complex\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a52e0c6e gb-headline-text\">Challenge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Minimize critical outage time to ensure maximum electricity production for the grid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Develop automated tooling to help with disassembly and assembly of power modules for routine maintenance, inspection, and refueling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Toolset must be able to accommodate the vessels tolerances, apply the necessary force to achieve a pressurized vessel and be operate remotely, fully submerged in the refueling pool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Reduce risk contingency tooling and processes of any single point failure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Achieve high repeatability of a multi-phased assembly and disassembly process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-button-wrapper gb-button-wrapper-b80f8e63 btn-wrp\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-5957e422 gb-button-text\" href=\"#Challenge\">Learn More<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-6c3332ba\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6c3332ba\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-1ad9fda9\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-1ad9fda9\" src=\"https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/08\/icon-7.svg\" alt=\"\" title=\"icon (7)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a52e0c6e gb-headline-text\">Solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Develop integrated partnership with customer and leverage our extensive automation and nuclear experience to support the full lifecycle of the project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Develop fully-automated toolset responsible for maintenance of power modules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Create proof of principle controls system to validate NuScale requirements via digital twin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Design and build 1:1 proof of concept to validate engineering design and adherence to functional and performance requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-button-wrapper gb-button-wrapper-a332108c btn-wrp\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-5a63a1fa gb-button-text\" href=\"#Solution\">Learn More<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-6c3332ba\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6c3332ba\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-c6b709f5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-c6b709f5\" src=\"https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/08\/icon-12.svg\" alt=\"\" title=\"icon (12)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a52e0c6e gb-headline-text\">Results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Modular Assembly Equipment Bolting (MAEB) is a critical system used in the process of refueling, maintenance, and refurbishment of the NuScale SMR.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Improved efficiency and reliability during refueling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Confidence to operate under demanding environmental conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">The system prioritizes modularized adaptability to support current and future maintenance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Strategic partnership between NuScale Power and ATS Industrial Automation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-button-wrapper gb-button-wrapper-789245e4 btn-wrp\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-6de069ef gb-button-text\" href=\"#Results\">Learn More<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9aed8d69 alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-5c261bc9\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-d274059e\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d274059e\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9027582b alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-d4bf0b96\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-3d78525c\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3d78525c\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-447c809d gb-headline-text\">Company<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f44a2cc4 gb-headline-text\"><strong>NuScale Power<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-c6fb3bca\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c6fb3bca\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0c4370b1 gb-headline-text\">Industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0fb99390 gb-headline-text\"><strong>Small Modular Reactors (SMR)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-59c69389\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-59c69389\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-74b0bc6c gb-headline-text\">Region<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-95a29109 gb-headline-text\"><strong>North America<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-293036a4 gb-headline-text\">Customer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-044d9ea3 gb-headline-text\">Nearly 20 years ago NuScale Power had a vision for a new type of reactor, a small modular reactor (SMR). In 2020, NuScale was the first SMR developer to receive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission design approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-92947c83 gb-headline-text\" id=\"Challenge\">Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-73f29bd3 gb-headline-text\">A Drive for Innovation to Produce Green Energy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d2949386 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuscalepower.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.nuscalepower.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NuScale<\/a>&nbsp;needed a strategic partner that aligned with their vision and drive for innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0b060870 gb-headline-text\">Minimizing outage time for the reactor was critical as it ensured that they were maximizing electricity production for the grid. Their design improves traditional nuclear plants by having multiple small reactors instead of one large reactor. This approach allows for shorter outages, and requires only one of the (up to 12) modules to be refueled at a time, which enables continuous power production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7268ce91 gb-headline-text\">NuScale needed to develop an automated toolset that could operate under demanding environmental conditions and would be responsible for the maintenance of the NuScale Power Module (NPM\u2019s)in the VOYGR power plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-ca781fea\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"715\" height=\"901\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-ca781fea\" src=\"https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/07\/NuScale.png?w=238\" alt=\"NuScale SMR\" title=\"NuScale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/07\/NuScale.png 715w, https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/07\/NuScale.png?resize=238,300 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-adfa64b4 gb-headline-text\" id=\"Solution\">Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-72fed257 gb-headline-text\">Fully Automated Tooling Offers Increased Reliability and Decreased Risk for SMR Developers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e85585c9 gb-headline-text\">ATS developed a fully automated tool set called MAEB or Modular Assembly Equipment Bolting. It is a key piece of equipment used in the process to disassemble and reassemble the Power Modules for routine maintenance, inspection, and refueling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ab6d2a1d gb-headline-text\">The system is comprised of 12 Manipulator tools, which work in symphony to autonomously perform the assembly tasks of the NPM with efficiency and reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3fed13d1 gb-headline-text\">The toolset will apply the necessary force to each of the studs to ensure proper assembly of the vessels. Operating remotely, fully submerged in the refuel pool it will service each of the multiple reactor modules, which are part of the NuScale plant design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-05adc410 gb-headline-text\">How It Works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f4b3c66c gb-headline-text\">1. The MAEB system receives an NPM scheduled for refueling and begins the disassembly process by de-tensioning and removing the studs from the vessels. This toolset, which integrates a hydraulic tensioning system developed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nord-lock.com\/boltight\/about-boltight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nord-Lock Group<\/a>, is unlike any technology currently on the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7803c809 gb-headline-text\">2. The separation of the upper and lower vessels is what provides the plant operators access to the core, allowing it to be refueled. Other maintenance and inspection processes take place at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b8f93d18 gb-headline-text\">3. Once complete, the MAEB system reassembles the lower vessels of the reactor to the upper vessel through stud installation and tensioning procedures, ensuring the critical pressure boundaries of the NuScale Power Module are achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b94db666 gb-headline-text\">To kick off the project, ATS created a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ats-automation-develop.go-vip.net\/atsianuclear\/pre-automation\/proof-of-principle-studies\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"828\">proof of principle simulation<\/a>&nbsp;to validate NuScale\u2019s requirements. Next a 1:1 proof of concept was developed at our site to validate the engineering design and further affirm that ATS was adhering to the functional performance requirements developed by NuScale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fully Automated Toolset for SMRs\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8i2y61F-DSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3feb641c gb-headline-text\" id=\"Results\">Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c2bd042b gb-headline-text\">Nuclear Experience Leads to Strategic Partnership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c14b4eb6 gb-headline-text\">This system is incomparable to any current technologies in the SMR space right now. The automated bolting system is designed to withstand any single failure with field replaceable unit concepts and addresses all contingency scenarios. The MAEB system provides an adaptable platform to facilitate additional auxiliary maintenance and inspection activities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-04a81c19\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d6534972 gb-headline-text quote\"><em><em>\u201cATS\u2019s support and experience in the nuclear space was ultimately a driving factor for the partnership. They have the flexibility to meet our evolving needs and have continued to work with and support us for the lifecycle of this project.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e1dfbb0c gb-headline-text\">Dr. Jos\u00e9 Reyes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5fe4e27f gb-headline-text\">Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of NuScale Power<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fc081eda gb-headline-text\">ATS\u2019s support and experience in the nuclear space was ultimately a driving factor for the partnership. They have the flexibility to meet NuScale\u2019s evolving needs and have continued to work with and support the customer for the lifecycle of their project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cutting Edge Nuclear Innovation for Small Modular Reactors\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wbJPIr6z6oM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-a7600f12\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a7600f12 ia-sticky top\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6c3c752b\"><div 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