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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Optimizing nuclear plant outages: Data analytics tools and methods for enhancing resilience and efficiency
Nuclear power plant refueling outages are among the most complex phases in a plant’s operational cycle.1 During these outages, tens of thousands of activities, including maintenance and surveillance, are conducted simultaneously within a short timeframe. Typically lasting three to four weeks, these operations involve large crews of contractors with diverse skill sets performing tasks ranging from testing and surveillance to maintenance. Outages may extend longer if major backfitting or modernization projects are planned. Consequently, plant outages are expensive, incurring significant operational costs, such as contractor labor and equipment, as well as the loss of generation while the plant is off line. This can easily cost a plant operator more than $1 million a day. Therefore, there is a constant need to mitigate the economic impact on plants by reducing the frequency, duration, and risks associated with these outages.2,3
TopFuel 2025: Nuclear Reactor Fuel Performance Conference
Installed Base CEO
GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Craig Ranson is the Installed Base CEO for GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH), a world-leading provider of nuclear fuel bundles, services and advanced nuclear reactor designs including the BWRX-300 small modular reactor. In this role, he leads the fuels and services businesses for GVH.
Craig has more than 30 years of industry experience and joined GVH in June 2024 from Framatome where he most recently served as Executive Vice President of its North America installed base business. In this role, he was responsible for the development and delivery of products, services and engineering solutions for nuclear power plants in the U.S. and Canada. His previous roles at the company included chief commercial officer, chief operating officer, Vice President of Component Repair and Replacement Services and Vice President of NDE Solutions.
Craig has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He has completed the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) Senior Nuclear Plant Management Course and has attended the Harvard Executive MBA training course.
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