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As the only Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management–sponsored national lab, Savannah River National Laboratory has a history deeply rooted in environmental stewardship efforts such as nuclear material processing and disposition technologies. SRNL’s demonstrated expertise is now being leveraged to solve nuclear fuel supply -chain obstacles by providing a source of high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel for advanced reactors.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021
Technical Session|Panel
Friday, December 3, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Georgetown East
Session Chair:
Mark S. Campagna
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Lawrence E. Boing
The recent upsurge in Decommissioning, Dismantlement and Environmental Remediation of older NPPs demands use of a more effective and high value approach to Security Cost optimization during end of life asset management planning and project execution. The DDER sector stands as a leader within the nuclear industry having embraced more innovative technologies/methods including those now used in other relevant federal applications/arenas-i.e. US DOE/NNSA and DOD. Nuclear Power Plant security and safeguards processes and methods have demonstrated results that stand well above those in use at other types of conventional Power Plants- and should be recognized and realized for their contributions to the society greater good- both during operation and during DDER end -of asset life activities. However, the challenge is that typically this single cost element represents the highest O&M expenditure both year on year and during DDER. This panel will demonstrate how these high standards can continue to be met or exceeded during the future with substantial cost savings using available methodology including: * Use of modern tools - Evaluation of risk-informed and performance-based methods. * Planning conceptual advantage - Physical separation of active systems to the extent practical to avoid limiting localized consequences from security breaches or internal acts or external damage. * Consideration of remote/passive features * Identification of improvements to redundancy - * Minimization of reliance on personnel - * Evaluation of increased utilization of remote and automated technology - * Consideration of geo-location and other functional effects -
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