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DOE-NE’s newest fuel consortium includes defense from antitrust laws
The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy is setting up a nuclear fuel Defense Production Act Consortium that will seek voluntary agreements with interested companies “to increase fuel availability, provide more access to reliable power, and end America’s reliance on foreign sources of enriched uranium and critical materials needed to power the nation’s nuclear renaissance.” According to an August 22 DOE press release, the plan invokes the Defense Production Act (DPA) to give consortium members “defense from antitrust laws when certain criteria are met” and “allow industry consultation to develop plans of action.” DOE-NE is looking for interested companies to join the consortium ahead of its first meeting, scheduled for October 14.
Wolfgang Krause, Asriel Eisinger (Framatome GmbH)
Proceedings | Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technolgies (NPIC&HMIT 2019) | Orlando, FL, February 9-14, 2019 | Pages 1330-1335
The FRAMATOME (formerly AREVA NP) global HFE team ensures the suitability of modernized and new-build plants design for reliable operation and maintenance. The paper provides insights into the current work portfolio, innovations in HMI and usability testing, and advances in Reliability Engineering. The followed approach towards reliable plant operation, the analysis, design guidance, and evaluation methods thereby applied, and the practice of their use - aided by the evolving database of operator tasks and task support characteristics required for reliable task completion - are described.
