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FERC decision on Crane restart coming in June or July, Constellation execs say
In a first quarter earnings call Monday, executives at Constellation said they should know in June or July the status of a request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to transfer capacity interconnection rights from the company’s Eddystone gas- and-oil-powered plant in Pennsylvania to Crane nuclear power plant (formerly Three Mile Island-1).
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS) SPeaker
Dennis is a Consulting Engineer in GE Hitachi (GEH) Nuclear Energy, with over 42 years of Risk and Safety Analysis experience and 18 years at GEH. He technically oversees the PRAs for the BWRX-300, Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), and Natrium Reactors, and was the Technical Lead for the UK ABWR and PRISM PRAs. Prior to working for GEH, Dennis worked for 10 years as a nuclear utility PRA Engineer (Duke and San Onofre) and 14 years as a contractor/consultant. Dennis has authored or co-authored more than 150 publications, including the recently issued IAEA Safety Report 96 on Multi-unit PRA, and is currently supporting the development of an IAEA TECDOC on Multi-Hazard Assessments.
Dennis is being inducted into 2024 class of the National Academy of Engineering. Dennis is the ANS-Chairman of the ANS/ASME Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management (JCNRM), is a member of the ANS Standards Board, and has supported PRA standard development since 1999. Dennis was awarded the ANS Theos “Tommy” Thompson award for outstanding contributions to the field of nuclear reactor safety, October 2020, and is an ANS Fellow. Dennis received his MS and BS in Nuclear Engineering from University of Florida.
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