ATI Consulting (SENOCON, Inc.)

ATI Consulting began operations in October 1991 in the San Francisco area, consulting for senior management and materials/metallurgical engineering groups.  Our customer base has been primarily electric power utilities, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and National Laboratories.  ATI has established an additional office in North Carolina to better serve our major clients: EPRI, Duke Energy, PG&E, Consumers Energy, the Nuclear Management Company, and First Energy.

ATI's future business outlook is positive due to rising electric power demand, combined with aging of existing power plants and the lack of development of new power plants.  We meet the need of current plants to continue safe and efficient operation beyond original design life.  We can also meet utility needs with the potential rebirth of nuclear power plant demand.

ATI Consulting currently offers a wide range of services in the nuclear power industry, from engineering support to consulting for senior level management.  ATI 's specific expertise covers the full range of activities encompassing the life cycle of plant structures, systems and components: from the technical depths of age-related component degradation such as fatigue and reactor vessel embrittlement; to the breadth of computerized programs and procedures controlling the overall design and maintenance processes.  We are internationally recognized as experts in Reactor Vessel Embrittlement Management.  This expertise has evolved into a full set of capabilities in the life cycle management area, with significant experience in the area of license renewal assessments.

ATI has built and maintained our professional excellence through selective employment practices, continuing emphasis on adherence to quality assurance and control standards, and participation in significant professional societies and code committees.  ATI personnel are members of numerous professional organizations, including the American Nuclear Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Metals, American Society for Testing and Materials, and the American Society for Quality Control.

ATI Consulting currently has five full-time employees and uses other experts on an as-needed basis.  Additionally, we have teaming agreements with other organizations that allows ATI to adapt to the changing environment in the electric power industry.  ATI has experience with projects involving pure engineering solutions and others requiring state-of-the-art nano-/micro-mechanical measurements and their application to solving real engineering problems.  Our strong technical background in reactor pressure vessel embrittlement and structural integrity are unique in the consulting business.   

Key ATI Personnel

Bill Server, President of ATI Consulting, has thirty years of experience in materials applications and structural integrity evaluations, primarily in the electric utility industry.  He focuses his expertise toward component life cycle management and continued life assurance assessments/procedures for nuclear facilities and other industries.  Mr. Server has specialized in fracture mechanics applications, failure analysis, mechanical/materials testing, product development, and technical/management decision making.  His current activities include life attainment and license renewal strategies, application of advanced fracture mechanics approaches to complex technical issues, reactor pressure vessel irradiation embrittlement management, mitigative actions to materials aging, and decision-making approaches for utility management.

Tim Hardin has over thirty years of experience in the operation and design of nuclear power plants. This experience includes primary and secondary plant operations, failure analysis, leak-before-break analysis, fracture mechanics, and reactor pressure vessel irradiation embrittlement analysis and management.