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2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
Educational Session|Panel|Supply Chain Challenges & Opportunities
Monday, August 8, 2022|1:30–3:00PM EDT|Banyan 1
Track Organizer:
Bill Fry (Duke Energy)
Knowledge Manager:
Nathan Choplin (Duke Energy)
As the nuclear industry struggles to be competitive in a market where fracking has led to historically low natural gas prices and politicians favor wind and solar, maintaining high capacity factors is essential to keeping plants operating. INPO has identified more than 600 of what they term “Noteworthy - Consequential” events related to faulty parts, that between 2018 and 2020 led to a loss of generation equivalent to shutting down the entire nuclear industry for 16 days. These are mostly commercial quality parts that have escaped the additional scrutiny of parts procured safety-related. The industry has responded with parts quality programs and initiatives that provide for additional testing on parts with the goal of minimizing parts related lost generation incidents.
This session will be a panel discussion with audience participation of various utility programs, their results, and how they relate to addressing INPO IER 21-4.
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