ML23346A001
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| Issue date: | 08/31/2023 |
| From: | Gascot-Lozada R NRC/RES/DE/RGDB |
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August 2023
LWRS Status Highlights
Program Mission The Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) is a Department of Energy (DOE) program conducting research to develop technologies and other solutions to improve the economics and reliability, sustain the safety, and extend the operation of our nation's fleet of nuclear power plants (NPP). The NRC and the DOE has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Nuclear Innovation that allow the entities to share expertise and knowledge on advanced nuclear reactor technologies and nuclear energy innovation which extend to the area of light water reactor long-term operation and proposed modification for light water reactor sustainability Rules of Interaction with External LWRS Working Groups
This document aims to provide clarification to the NRC staff on guidelines for technical and knowledge exchanges with DOE staff, as described in the MOU. The rules of interaction also make clear for staff when public meetings should be considered. The document can also be found in the LWRS Webpage. (ML23135A227)
Plant Modernization Pathway
Main Goal: enable plant efficiency improvements through a strategy for long-term modernization Latest Report :
Explainable Artificial Intelligence Technology for Predictive Maintenance - This report examined the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies in the nuclear industry to enhance decision-making, reduce operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, and increase the efficiency of NPPs. The report identifies various barriers to the adoption of AI and ML in the industry, including technical, Aspects of AI technologies essential for economic, readiness, and stakeholder challenges. decision -making
Page 2 Materials Research Pathway Main Goal: understand and predict long-term behavior of materials in nuclear power plants Latest Report:
No reports for the Materials Research Pathway for this issue.
Risk Informed System Analysis (RISA) Pathway Main Goal: develop safety analysis methods and tools to optimize the safety, reliability, and economics of nuclear power plants
Latest Report:
No reports for the RISA Pathway for this issue.
Physical Security Pathway
Main Goal: develop technologies and technical bases to optimize physical security Latest Report:
Special issue on Nuclear Physical Security Risk and Uncertainty Analysis-Special issue on Nuclear Science and Engineering journal as the first look into performance-based, risk-informed physical security for nuclear facilities. The body of work presented here highlights some of the more recent work advancing security modeling, integrating safety and security risk techniques, and identifying novel approaches to a known technical gap-risk-informed physical security.
Flexible Plant Operation & Generation (FPOG) Pathway Main Goal: enable diversification and increase revenue of light water reactors to produce non-electrical products Latest Report:
Estimating the Value of Nuclear Integrated Hydrogen Production and the Dependency of Electricity and Hydrogen Markets on Natural Gas -
The report presents a deployment of a simplified user-friendly NPP-high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE)- hydrogen profitability analysis tool to provide utility companies operating NPPs with a quick and semi-intuitive interface to evaluate the opportunity of integrating HTSE hydrogen production with existing LWR NPPs.
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LWRS September Calendar
- RISA Monthly Call Risk Assessment of DI&C Systems-September 5, 2023
- Workshop: AI Characteristics for Regulatory Consideration; September 19, 2023 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
- Luminant Power Optimization Center (POC) and Advanced Remote Monitoring (ARM) Overview Meeting; September 26, 2023 1:00-4:00 PM
Past Issues
- If you are interested in participate in that meeting Prepared by: Ramón L. Gascot (RES/DE/RGPMB) please contact Ramón L. Gascot or Jeff Smith