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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Educational Session|Panel|Sponsored by Innovation Roles for Nuclear
Monday, August 7, 2023|3:30–5:00PM EDT|Banyan 1
Session Chairs:
Mikayla Florez (Comanche Peak)
Michael Frankle (Nuvision)
Track Organizer:
Ken Lowery, P.E. (Southern Nuclear)
Knowledge Manager:
Mikayla Florez
The objective of this session is to provide a discussion on the nuclear industry Plant License Renewal innovations, practices, challenges, and successes. The result would be to provide a better understanding of what is needed to make NPP fleet assets the long-lived platform necessary to develop other innovative roles for nuclear. Areas to be examined include: (1) Lessons Learned; (2) Big Hurdles; (3) Hidden Obstacles; and (4) Challenges that need Industry solutions. Plans for this session include a panel composed of Utility and Industry stakeholders from various levels within the organizations to discuss potential aspects of PLR followed by a facilitated discussion with the participants and attendees.
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