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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Educational Session|Panel|Plant Reliability
Monday, August 8, 2022|3:30–5:00PM EDT|Banyan 2
Session Chair:
Emmett Wilmes (MPR)
Track Organizer:
Knowledge Manager:
Ashley Bridgmon (Southern Co.)
Plants use many processes to manage and maintain equipment reliability. These process are leveraged by site personnel to identify, prioritize, and address equipment health risks. Challenges abound with these processes, including the amount of time required to populate tools, the number of processes used and their lack integration, and the method by which key information from these processes is packaged for site management. This session will have two main areas of discussion. The first will be a discussion on two innovative ways that Southern Nuclear is improving processes to increase equipment reliability - automated system health reports and an integrated vulnerability management tool. The second will be a panel discussion with several utilities to explore other challenges with equipment reliability processes. Topics will include identifying and leveraging internal OE, corporate governance, oversight, support, perform (GOSP) models, system vulnerability assessments, and long term asset management plans.
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