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Nuclear Unescorted Access Authorization Assessments

The U.S. nuclear energy industry is highly regulated, with many policies in place to ensure the safety of workers and the community. One of them, the granting of unescorted access to plant personnel and contractors, involves a stringent evaluation process, including a psychological assessment to provide an opinion about whether an individual is trustworthy and reliable enough to gain this access. These exams, performed by experienced forensic psychologists, will identify detrimental behaviors, including alcohol and drug abuse, that may be a potential threat to a facility’s safe operation. Our company is the largest provider of psychological assessment services in the U.S. nuclear power industry, averaging more than 17,000 assessments a year. Our team of psychologists have years of clinical, forensic, and nuclear experience.  

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We Offer Our Clients...

Prompt, efficient scheduling.

Our staff is dedicated to ensuring that appointments are scheduled as soon as possible.  

Years of administrative team experience, with a deep understanding of the industry.

We process an average of 17,000 psychological assessments annually for the U.S. nuclear power industry.

The ability to case-consult as needed for our clients’ benefit. 

Rapid Turnaround.

Our nuclear facilities clients require us to schedule, evaluate, and produce recommendations quickly.
We have always risen to this challenge by expanding professional and support staff to provide superior customer service, rapid test result turnaround times, and transmission of evaluation results to our clients. 

Highly experienced forensic psychologists who understand risk and the industries in which we operate

CA is not just a service provider, we innovate upon existing processes for our clients' benefit. 

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Two of our most successful innovations have become the ‘gold standard’ for the U.S. nuclear power industry. 

1. The use of teleconferencing for 100 percent of on-site clinical interviews.

 

2. The use of Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and EPAI (electronic version) testing for psychological assessments. The PAI is a professionally accepted psychological test instrument used in forensic, nuclear, public safety, and general practice settings by psychologists internationally.   

These innovations save the nuclear power industry significant amounts of time and money by reducing the processing time for workers. 

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