As the nuclear industry struggles to be competitive in a market where fracking has led to historically low natural gas prices and politicians favor wind and solar, maintaining high capacity factors is essential to keeping plants operating. INPO has identified more than 600 of what they term “Noteworthy - Consequential” events related to faulty parts, that between 2018 and 2020 led to a loss of generation equivalent to shutting down the entire nuclear industry for 16 days. These are mostly commercial quality parts that have escaped the additional scrutiny of parts procured safety-related. The industry has responded with parts quality programs and initiatives that provide for additional testing on parts with the goal of minimizing parts related lost generation incidents.

This session will be a panel discussion with audience participation of various utility programs, their results, and how they relate to addressing INPO IER 21-4.

Speakers

George Shampy

Entergy

Jaysen Baker

Southern Nuclear

Craig Irish

Westinghouse

Shawn Simon

INPO

Kevin McMonagle

Constellation Power Labs

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