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Roadmap for Regulatory Acceptance of Advanced Manufacturing Methods in the Nuclear Energy Industry

In April 2019, Maria testified before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the United States Senate on the value of the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA).

The 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the former Soviet Union, is the only accident in the history of commercial nuclear power to cause fatalities from radiation. It was the product of a severely flawed Soviet-era reactor design, combined with human error.

In April 2019, Maria testified before the Ohio House of Representatives Energy Generation Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the value of Ohio’s nuclear plants.

In April 2019, Maria testified before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Consumer Affairs Committee on the value of Pennsylvania’s nuclear plants.

In April 2019. NEI submitted written testimony to the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development about the U.S. Department of Energy's 2020 budget.

Micro-reactors can be cost competitive for remote applications such as arctic communities, islands, mines, and defense installations.

Incorporation of new staffing guidance identified in this efficiency opportunity may streamline the size of the ERO, including both the on-shift and augmenting staff.

This efficiency opportunity addresses replacement of an offsite siren system with the FEMA-sponsored IPAWS as the primary ANS alerting method for the public. This action will allow either retirement of the siren system or reduced system testing and maintenance requirements.

This efficiency opportunity addresses the implementation of proven operational strategies, innovative media applications, volume reduction methods, and utilization of updated NRC concentration averaging methods to significantly reduce the volume and cost of Class B/C wet solid waste disposal without jeopardizing operational objectives.

This efficiency opportunity improves quality and timely disposition of alternate replacement items necessary to address issues such as obsolescence through application of a best practice industry standard, that efficiently evaluates alternate replacement items.

This efficiency opportunity reduces both the time and the number of people it takes to perform an Fitness for Duty (FFD) audit by reducing the number of checklist items reviewed using a simplified checklist and a performance based approach.