1. Yes, Nuclear can be Bold and Innovate
April 25th

2. Joe Donahue
UML class of 1977 graduate with a degree in Nuclear Engineering
Started up 14 Commercial and Navy Submarines Reactors
2 SRO Licenses
Startup Manager , Plant Manager, Site VP, Engineering VP and Nuclear Oversight VP
Site VP at an Integrated Coal Gasification Plant (a refinery with a power plant that produced H2S, H2 and O2)

3. Key base load source of power
Nuclear is a clean source of power and can co-exist and be compatible with renewables and accounts for 20 percent of the base load generation in the US
Nuclear 19.3%
Nat Gas 35.1%
Coal 27.4%
Hydro 7.1%
Wind 6.6%
Solar 1.6%

4. Emission free sources
Nuclear 55.2 % (avoided 528 million tons of carbon)
Hydro 20.2%
Wind 18.8%
Solar 4.6%
Geo thermal 1.1%

5. Improving Nuclear plant efficiency
Industry Initiatives like Deliver the Nuclear Process are showing results and cost reductions
Average total cost of generation is reducing
O/M
Fuel
Capital
The industry continues to work together to find efficient ways to safety operate our plants

6. Strong Performance Nuclear plants are on 24/7
Record overall capacity factors with improved safety
Improving outage performance and durations
Many plants with extended licenses
Using risk insights to improve safety
But needs to be aware of what the public wants and be competive

7. Use of risk Based insights
Peer reviewed detailed PRA that incorporate internal and external events models to improve risk informed decisions , efficiency and safety
Its about power and water
Balance worst case and realistic and all stakeholders
Risk informed regulations
NFPA 805 fire regulation
Risk based Technical specifications surveillance and out of service times
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What else? Learn form other industries

8. Innovation and Plant modernization
Gaining alignment with stakeholders on digital upgrades
Introduction of Mobile Worker Applications
Equipment Enhanced Sensors, Integrated and Automated Engineering Programs, Condition Base Maintenance, Remote Operator / Chemistry/ RP/ Eng rounds and inspections
Manual trending to advanced Pattern Recognition to Prognostic Remaining Useful Life based on failure mode monitoring and data analytics
Drones and Robots
Industry Standard efficient processes like the Standard Modification Process

9. What’s next Market and Future Grid Complete the AP 1000s being built
Small Module Reactors
Extended operations
New Fuel Activities
Compatible operations with renewables
Skills needed,
Understanding aging mechanisms and how to predict and mitigate to allow mid century operations
Big Operate and big Maintain skills allowing less silo’s
Understand the regulations but think differently to meet those regulations
Realistic Risk Modeling, Machine Learning and AI
Use of Data Analytics, Diagnostics and Prognostics (RUL) of integrated equipment , process, program data to predict performance and decline and allowing “Optimized risk informed Decision” Making