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December 2005 - Sentinel in full production at FPL Seabrook site

March 2005 - Sentinel fully installed at BNFL's Sellafield site.

December 27, 2004 - PTI Systems/Pro-Tem Inc. celebrates its 25th anniversary; the company has operated continuously under its original charter of incorporation.

December 2004 - Florida Power & Light purchases the Sentinel system for use at the Seabrook nuclear plant.

November 2004 - British Nuclear Fuels purchases the Sentinel Access Control system for use at its Sellafield site in the United Kingdom.

September 2004 - West Valley Nuclear Services purchases the RSO ToolKit software.

September 2004 - The VC Summer nuclear plant purchases the Sentinel Access Control and Exposure Management system.

July 2004 - Detroit Edison's Fermi 2 nuclear plant purchases the Sentinel Exposure Management system.

March 2004 - Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) purchases Sentinel for use at its Chalk River Laboratory.

February 2004 - Two new applications developed for the Sentinel system: Bioassay Management and Air Sample Management.  Call PTI for detailed descriptions of these applications.

January 2004 - AEP's Donald C. Cook nuclear plant purchases the Sentinel Access Control and Exposure Management system.  Cook, one of the first users of the ProRad system, will be the first site to upgrade from ProRad to the Sentinel system.

The Cook plant and its employees were recognized for "exceptional achievement in the area of occupational dose reduction" with the 2003 World Class ALARA Performance Prize, awarded by the North American Technical Center of the University of Illinois.  PTI congratulates everyone who contributed to the achievement. 

Entergy Nuclear Inc. will assume long-term management of the Cooper Nuclear Station.

January 2004 - Detroit Edison's Fermi 2 nuclear plant purchases the Sentinel Access Control system.

December 2003 - a Failsafe Access Mode application is added to the Sentinel system.  The FAM controls radiological access in 'local' mode; i.e., when communication with the Sentinel database is unavailable.  Call PTI for a detailed description of the FAM functionality.

The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant was granted a 2.9% power generation uprate for its Unit 2.  The uprate will increase the reactor's net generating capacity from 1,270 to 1,325 MW.

November 2003 - BWXT Nuclear Products Division of Lynchburg, Virginia purchased the Sentinel Access Control and Exposure Management software system.

April 2003 - Callaway reaches its one-year ProRad service anniversary.

March 2003 - PTI builds a prototype Radiation Protection system for smaller facilities such as hospitals, research labs, Homeland Security and First Responder organizations, etc.  The RSO ToolKit system offers power and function not typically found in small RP software, at a very affordable price. 

February 2003 – PSEG’s Salem/Hope Creek reaches four year ProRad service anniversary.

January 2003 The Rancho Seco nuclear plant reaches nine year ProRad service anniversary.

January 2003The Trojan nuclear plant reaches eight year ProRad service anniversary.

January 2003DC Cook reaches eight year ProRad service anniversary.

January 2003Battelle PNNL reaches two year ARACS service anniversary. As with BHI, PTI built “live” lookup of worker qualifications and bioassay sample status and integrated this with the access control product.

December 2002 – PTI completes installation of Sentinel™ Access Control at Palo Verde. This is the first installation of the all new Sentinel™ product.

November 2002Envirocare goes live with ProRad. This system combines Access Control with key elements of record dose such as TLD management and record reporting.

November 2002Bechtel Hanford (BHI) implements the new Mobile Access Control or MAC™ product. This is an access control addition that places key elements of the access control product on a PDA where workers in remote locations perform Access Transactions and then the transactions are synchronized with the main database on a batch basis. BHI also implements a pre-qualification module that allows job supervisors to identify a work team and an RWP and determine ahead of time whether any of the workers are deficient in any requirements for the selected RWP.

November 2002The Nine Mile Point plant goes live with MGPAC. PTI developed and supports the interface between MGPAC and their host record dose system.

October 2002 – PTI completes delivery of modified ProRad system for Westinghouse Savannah River. Major modifications include a Bioassay sample tracking and notification system that is incorporated with Access Control, enhanced TLD issuance and management, RWP request process, and facility specific requirements and neutron correction values.  The Westinghouse SRS system includes a custom interface to the Indus PassPort work management system.

September 2002 – Exelon installs the Siemens Mark II MGPAC product as an update to their existing MGPAC product in their Quad Cities facility. PTI continues to support MGPAC and the MGPAC to Total Exposure interface.

September 2002Entergy's Pilgrim nuclear plantgoes live with ProRad for Windows which updated their existing ProRad for OS2 product.  One of the first plants to operate the ProRad system, Pilgrim has been running the OS2/DB2 version since 1993. Production on the new version is planned for June, 2002, and will standardize Pilgrim with the ProRad systems operating at Entergy's other northeast nuclear facilities. Pilgrim is a 670 MWe boiling water reactor.

September 2002Bechtel Hanford (BHI) reaches one year ARACS service anniversary. As with Battelle, PTI built “live” lookup of worker qualifications and bioassay sample status and integrated this with the access control product.

July 2002 – Completed ARACS installation for Westinghouse TRU Solutions at the DOE's WIPP site.

June 2002Indian Point 2 goes live with ProRad.

March 2002 – Following a phased rollout process, Progress Energy completed implementation of MGPI’s MGPAC product at Brunswick, HB Robinson, Crystal River and Shearon Harris. PTI developed and provided the interface between MGPAC and Total Exposure. PTI developed and installed an interface between the Siemens Mark II dosimeters and MGPAC.

February 2002 -  PTI Joins Crystal Decisions Development Network.  In a move designed to improve the reporting capabilities available in our systems, PTI has joined the development network of Crystal Decisions Inc., the manufacturer of Crystal Reports. Crystal Reports is the industry-standard for flexible, powerful reporting tools. Our programming staff recently underwent intensive training in the development and support of Crystal reports. Custom reports are now available to PTI clients.

February 2002 – With PTI support, Seabrook goes live with MGPAC. MGPAC is MGP Instruments’ Access Control software that is supported by PTI.

January 2002Battelle PNNL reaches one year ARACS service anniversary. PTI built “live” lookup of worker qualifications and bioassay sample status and integrated this with the access control product.

January 2002 – Indian Point 3 reaches one year ProRad service anniversary. 

January 2002 - Envirocare of Utah selects the ProRad system.  Envirocare of Utah, Inc.will install PTI's ProRad system for use at its Salt Lake City and Clive, Utah facilities. Envirocare manages the treatment and long-term disposal of waste materials, including NORM material, Class A Low-Level Radioactive Waste, and mixed radioactive materials.

January 2002 - Pro-Tem Announces New Name - now doing business as PTI Systems.  Entering our 23rd year in business, Pro-Tem, Inc. will begin operating as PTI Systems, to better reflect the expanding nature of our work. We have chosen a new logo, and our electronic domain name will now be 'pti-sys.com'. However, all other contact information for our Houston offices remain unchanged, and we will continue to report to Dun & Bradstreet as Pro-Tem, Inc., our original name of incorporation.


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