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S1P6 - Hilary Lane - NRC AMT Workshop - Oct. 2023
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Securing the Future of the Nuclear Industry Hilary Lane Director, Fuel and Radiation Safety October 24, 2023 NRC AMT Workshop

THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE is the policy organization of the nuclear technologies industry, based in Washington, D.C.

On behalf of its members, NEI is the unified voice of the nuclear energy industry on various policy, technical, and regulatory issues.

300+ MEMBERS IN 17+ COUNTRIES

300+Security National Members and Emergency Preparedness Symposium National Investment &

Nuclear Utilities EPCs & Suppliers Fuel Cycle Decommissioning Labs Financial Firms Advanced NGOs &

Universities Law Firms Consultants Labor Unions Reactors Think Tanks

Current Fleet: 93 reactors at 53 plant sites across the country KEY Nuclear power reactor

U.S. Market Opportunity for Advanced Nuclear VCE Modeling Forecast (Nominal Case)

Source: Vibrant Clean Energy, Role of Electricity Produced by Advanced Nuclear Technologies in Decarbonizing

Advanced Nuclears Potentially Versatile Applications Spectrum of Sizes and Options Variety of Outputs Multitude of Uses Homes Vehicles Businesses Micro Mini Small (Few MW) (10s of MW) (100s of MW) Electricity Aviation Rail Shipping H2 Hydrogen Concrete Steel Factories Large (1,000+ MW)

Water Space Process Heat

Nuclear Is POPULAR!

Electric Utilities are Planning for New Nuclear A recent survey of NEIs utility members confirmed nuclear powers expected role in meeting their companys decarbonization goals:

SLR GW SMRs

>90% of fleet 100 GW of new Translates to roughly expects to operate nuclear opportunity 300 SMR-scale to at least 80 years by 2050s plants NEI utility member companies produce nearly half of all US electricity.

Source: NEI, The Future of Nuclear Power: 2023 Baseline Survey (Mar. 2023)

Advanced Reactor Developer Members

Representative Advanced Reactor Technologies TRISO Fuel High Temp Micro Reactors LWR SMRs Gas Reactors

(< 10MW) <300MW Molten Salt Reactors Liquid Metal Reactors TerraPower Natrium (shown)

Oklo (shown) NuScale (shown) Several in development Terrestrial (shown)

Approximately a dozen in GEH BWR X-300 X-energy (shown) Several in development development Holtec SMR-160 Several in development Non-Water Cooled Most <300MW, some as large as 1,000 MW

Advanced Nuclear Deployment Plans Projects in planning or under consideration in U.S. and Canada for Operation ~2030 State Actions Embracing New Nuclear State Actions Exploring New Nuclear Planned or considered project Under construction Operating

Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT)

APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH THE CURRENT FLEET AND ADVANCED REACTOR DESIGNS AMT Good Candidate For:

Less labor; automated

Less material; less waste Cost Long lead time components High value components Complex geometries

Reduced lead times; some up to 90% Obsolete parts Schedule Mitigation work High T environments

Excellent inspectibility Reduced weight

Excellent material Localizing the supply chain Quality properties

Homogenous True Nth-of-a-kind And more

First of a Kind (FOAK) Deployments -

Fuel Assembly Components 2020 Courtesy: Westinghouse 2021

NRCs AMT Action Plan (Revised June 2020)

General Sentiments from NEIs Advanced Manufacturing Task Force-Areas of Opportunity:

Need a more coordinated campaign (with funding) similar to Accident Tolerant Fuels (ATF) to jumpstart deployments

Code acceptance is taking too long; uncertainty in qualifying new alloys of interest

R&D still needed (i.e. radiation testing, etc)

Interest in regulatory lessons learned and experiences

General Sentiments from NEIs Advanced Manufacturing Task Force-

Strong industry management and customer support for pursuing AMT development and deployments in the near term (next 1-2 years)

AMT work continues in fuel assembly component space, building upon previous successes

Suppliers are ready for orders

Thank You hml@nei.org

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