What Prospective New Nuclear Project Owners Need to Know About Modularization
To commercialize promising new nuclear technology and build something of the scale needed to meet our future energy needs, we will need to face, learn from, and overcome the inevitable challenges. There are things that owners should understand and steps they can take to move forward with confidence.
Commercializing Advanced Reactors: The Fast Follower Dilemma
When we talk about commercializing new technologies, we often talk about how to support the first of a kind (FOAK) projects – the first movers. But in the limited time we have to meet the urgent demands for firm energy, we also need to focus on the needs of “fast followers.”
Increasing the Accuracy of Decommissioning Cost Estimates
Decommissioning cost estimates are critical to making sure decommissioning and dismantlement programs are appropriately funded and prudent decisions are made, but they face a number of obstacles.
CNA Conference: Overcoming Three Key Challenges to Public Acceptance of Nuclear Energy
While the industry is hopeful, we were reminded of how this could be the last chance for nuclear power to achieve widescale public acceptance to be part of a clean, carbon-free future.
NRC and Public Communications – Promoting the Benefits of Nuclear Power
NRC Chairman Chris Hanson warned of the impact of “truth decay,” and he emphasized that NRC – and regulators in general – have an important role to play in parsing the available information and separating truth from mis- and disinformation.
NRC Support of New Reactor Designs
With so many new technologies in various states of design, the potential for delays in the license application process poses a significant risk to the nuclear industry.
Granholm NRC Conference Remarks: Nuclear Energy Addresses a Need “as Clear as Day”
Remarks made by U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm at an NRC conference were especially timely in light of the urgent need to move toward greater energy independence and non-carbon solutions to meet Net Zero by 2050.
NEI’s Construction Best Practices Task Force: Building Confidence in New Nuclear Projects
NEI is a powerful voice for nuclear power as a solution to our climate crisis. Its leadership in rethinking how to make a business case for the next wave of nuclear plants is addressing a crucial need in the industry. And the time for making that business case is now.
Modus’ Eric Gould to Speak at Canadian Nuclear Association Conference
I’m looking forward to participating in a panel at the Canadian Nuclear Association conference on Sept. 15. The panel will discuss Success and Developments in Ontario Refurbishment Projects.
The Power of (Mis)information
We have been watching the sad events unfold in South Carolina, where former SCANA CEO Kevin Marsh agreed to plead guilty and pay $5 million in restitution for concealing the facts of the troubled V.C. Summer Units 2/3 construction from the utility’s board of directors, investors and state officials.
