Swagelok, a solutions provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and related services, has entered into an agreement with NuSource LLC®, an accredited ASME N Certificate Holder, to allow NuSource to offer Swagelok® code-compliant and safety-related valves to customers involved in nuclear power generation. Under the agreement, valves for the nuclear industry will continue to be manufactured by Swagelok and backed by the company’s limited lifetime warranty. NuSource will be responsible for design, code, and regulatory requirements; ANI inspections; and commercial-grade dedication of valves. These valves will bear the Swagelok name, and ASME code-compliant valves will be marked with a NuSource N-Stamped tag.
Moving forward, NuSource will handle all quotes, orders, design reconciliation, and delivery of code-compliant and safety-related Swagelok valves to Swagelok’s nuclear industry customers. Code-compliant and safety-related 316 stainless steel tube, pipe, weld, VCO®, and VCR® fittings will continue to be nuclear certified and readily available from Swagelok sales and service centers.
The arrangement between Swagelok and NuSource allows nuclear power providers to continue receiving the high-quality Swagelok valves they have come to trust, as well as local support from Swagelok sales and service centers that provide these customers with additional products, training, and services. They can also tap into engineering support from commercial nuclear industry experts at NuSource. As a result, power companies will avoid cost and uncertainty related to obsolescence initiatives that have become common as many suppliers have exited the nuclear industry.
