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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC looks to leverage previous approvals for large LWRs
During this time of resurging interest in nuclear power, many conversations have centered on one fundamental problem: Electricity is needed now, but nuclear projects (in recent decades) have taken many years to get permitted and built.
In the past few years, a bevy of new strategies have been pursued to fix this problem. Workforce programs that seek to laterally transition skilled people from other industries, plans to reuse the transmission infrastructure at shuttered coal sites, efforts to restart plants like Palisades or Duane Arnold, new reactor designs that build on the legacy of research done in the early days of atomic power—all of these plans share a common throughline: leveraging work already done instead of starting over from square one to get new plants designed and built.
Educational Session|Panel|Plant Reliability
Tuesday, August 9, 2022|1:30–3:00PM EDT|Banyan 2
Session Chair:
Jason Lanier (Duke Energy)
Track Organizer:
Emmett Wilmes (MPR)
Knowledge Manager:
Ashley Bridgmon (Southern Co.)
Reliability Centered Maintenance focuses on performing the maintenance needed to ensure equipment reliability based on data driven decisions. EPRI has developed tools with industry input to help utilities select optimal the maintenance to balance equipment reliability with available resources. Utilities are also deploying advanced sensors to aid in predicting maintenance needs based on equipment conditions. This session will focus on optimizing plant maintenance and equipment reliability.
Adam Flora
Duke Energy
Matt Rogers
EPRI
Raldy Cardona
Southern Co.
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