ENCO was founded in 1994 by former leading experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). From its initiation, ENCO found customers for its services in the field of nuclear safety, nuclear operation and technical support. Among the clients are operators, regulators, power plant designers/vendors, utilities and international organizations with interest in promoting and assuring the safe utilization of nuclear power for peaceful purposes. ENCO also provides advisory and project management services to international institutions supporting nuclear safety and security improvements in Europe and around the world.
In spite of its considerable growth and expansion of services, ENCO has stayed true to its roots, ensuring that all clients' needs are met and exceeded on every project regardless of its size or calibre. Today, ENCO is a highly specialized boutique consultancy, being exclusively nuclear oriented, but at the same time independent from any government, vendor or expert influence. This fact is one of the factors that make ENCO unique in its insights and offers, additionally to the kind of independent advice many of its customers are looking for. These approaches led ENCO to work with a variety of customers making the advice truly independent from vendors or any interest groups, to the full benefit of its clients.
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ENCO uses the most up-to-date technical and managerial methods, the best available tools and verified techniques appropriate to suit the needs and requirements of our customers. Our products and services are controlled under QA procedures conforming to the ISO9001. Since 1997 the management system of ENCO has been certified according to ISO 9001 standard and audited every year by the Dutch accreditation company KEMA Quality B.V. to confirm ENCO's compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001 standard, including the current.
ENCO's technical staff members are all highly qualified and experienced nuclear specialists. Our core team of 25 experts (12 nationalities) includes former staff of the IAEA, various European national regulatory bodies, nuclear utilities and plant construction companies. ENCO has a wide network of nuclear experts available on limited contracts for inclusion in custom built project teams as and when required.
ENCO specializes in three distinct areas of support: for New NPPs, for Operating NPPs, and for Facilities and Activities at the Back End of the Fuel Cycle. We also provide methodology and project support, independent reviews and development of methodologies to address the needs of our clients.
In addition to technical services we provide support for organizational development; helping companies and other organizations to optimize their activities in line with declared objectives. This includes organizational diagnostics, development of strategic goals and action plans, and offering full support to the management of change process.
Over the years ENCO has built up considerable project management expertise, covering all stages of a project life cycle. We can provide full technical and managerial support for project preparation, tender evaluation, project assessment and auditing. Our project management experience includes successful completion of some large-scale international projects where we managed multiple subcontractors on a turnkey basis.