Bill M.
There is also a CWI+ Endorsement being prepared for Yoke type Magnetic Particle Testing. It will be more than a year away.
The CWI+ Penetrant Testing certification Document is completing it's trip through the Committee process. It is a central certification program. Initially it will be approved for the "Entergy" Nuclear Plants, through an NRC Relief Request. After the relief request is approved, all the other Nuclear Power Plants will be able to opt to use it. It will be a drawn out process for general acceptance in lieu of qualification to SNT-TC-1A, but it will be a central certification program with everyone taking the same examination, just like the CWI Exam.
It is the brain child of Mr. Neal Chapman, the Chief Welding Engineer for Entergy.
Joe Kane