Episode 77
Ep 77: Neil Wilmshurst, Electric Power Research Institute
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy · Titans of Nuclear
September 16, 201843m 0s
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Show Notes
In this episode we discuss...
- Neil's background in the British Navy and his personal journey in the nuclear industry
- Neil's work as a system engineer at Sizewell
- The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and its work to increase a power plant's capacity factor and uptime
- Understanding a plant's realtime risk profile
- EPRI's relationship with the nuclear industry and where it gets its funding
- EPRI's research surrounding operations and maintenance cost as well as capital cost
- EPRI's long term work supporting small modular reactors
- Gen IV reactors and what we need to do now to support their implementation in the coming decades