Paragon Energy Solutions has officially celebrated its fifth anniversary. The company, however, dates back many more years to the early 1990s with several legacy companies including ATC Nuclear, Nuclear Logistics Inc., Technology Resources, and Rock Creek Innovations.
Paragon is featured in Nuclear Engineering International magazine: Nuclear Moneyball – The Art of Winning. In the high-risk era of plant modernizations and closures, can playing the odds help modest-budgeted plants thrive?
This article, which highlights the HIPS platform, is co-authored by Tighe Smith and Ryan Marcum.
John Portillo, Paragon’s Senior Director of Nuclear Sales Operations, was featured in Nuclear News. Nuclear News Asks: What is the most difficult part to replace? Portillo explains that while there are many options available to the nuclear industry for parts supply, it is incumbent on utilities to both build a relationship with a trusted supplier and – very importantly – form a strategy for long-term operation.
The pandemic environment puts a bigger focus on the accuracy and availability of critical parts, particularly parts that are single-point vulnerabilities.