Articles by Lee Lukas

Every year, multiple industries spend billions of dollars associated with system out of service (OOS) time, equipment maintenance and replacement, and various aspects of lost productivity caused by Foreign Material Intrusion (FMI) events. Industries such as Power Generation, Aviation, Auto, Shipping, and Construction all have significant costs associated with the negative impacts of foreign material intrusion.

Foreign Material Exclusion (FME) Programs in the nuclear industry have identified that clear plastics can pose a foreign material intrusion (FMI) risk around open fluid systems, especially systems such as spent fuel and refuel pools, because they are difficult to detect underwater. Using tinted plastics provides greater contrast, helping with detection and retrieval.