Verification And Validation In Hardened Neutron Source Bunkers

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A Fortune 500 oilfield services company needed to verify and validate a pulse neutron source tool used for downhole well logging. Testing took place in hardened bunkers with explosion shielding, designed for safety when working with high-energy neutron sources under immense pressures. The consequences of failure involved radiation and explosive hazard.

Good Automation executed two phases of V&V and developed the bunker monitoring system, operating in an environment where safety was not a compliance checkbox but a physical reality. The work required precise instrumentation, real-time monitoring, and rigorous documentation in the most demanding safety-critical environment in the portfolio.

Downhole pulse neutron tool bunker V&V

Performed Phase 1 verification and validation of a pulse neutron source tool in hardened bunkers with explosion shielding, designed for safety when working with high-energy neutron sources under immense pressures used in downhole well logging.

Pulse neutron source tool V&V Phase 2

Executed Phase 2 V&V of the pulse neutron source tool, extending test coverage and completing validation activities in the hardened bunker test environment.

Pulse neutron bunker monitoring system development

Developed monitoring capabilities for the pulse neutron bunker test configuration supporting downhole well logging tool validation.

Trusted by

Medtronic GD Energy Products Bell Helicopter Johnson & Johnson GE Healthcare Halliburton Shell Stryker Alcon Abbott Qorvo Qualcomm Keysight Technologies National Instruments MIT Oak Ridge National Lab Ethicon Bridgestone IBM U.S. Department of Energy Georgia Tech Stanford University University of Texas at Austin Verb Surgical Berkeley Lab Pacific Northwest Lab Hewlett Packard Enterprise Gardner Denver Lockheed Martin

Project Highlights

  • The most dramatic safety-critical environment in the portfolio.
  • Hardened bunkers with explosion shielding. Radiation and pressure hazard.
  • Demonstrates that Good Automation operates in genuinely hazardous conditions, not just regulated paperwork.