The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), in cooperation with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), will hold a joint workshop on the Treatment of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Uncertainties. Since 2002, RES and EPRI, under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperative Nuclear Safety Research, have been developing state-of-the- art methods for conduct of PRA. The purpose of the workshop is to bring together experts to gain a better understanding of the sources of uncertainty, how they manifest in the PRA, and their potential significance to the PRA model and results. More specifically, the workshop will address uncertainties associated with risk assessments for internal fires, seismic events, low power and shutdown (LPS...
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The U.S. nuclear energy industry announced today that it has created a leadership structure among major electric sector organizations to integrate and coordinate the nuclear industry's ongoing response to the Fukushima Daiichi accident that followed Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Supported by senior electric utility executives and reactor vendors, the Nuclear Energy Institute, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and the Electric Power Research Institute work through a new Fukushima Response Steering Committee to coordinate and oversee response activities. These activities will be implemented through seven "building blocks"--temporary organizations created to develop and execute action plans in specified areas of focus.
While the US heatedly debated the science behind anthropogenic global warming, quieter work was being done on the range of options available to address the issue and the associated cost. These issues are particularly acute for the electric industry, which is responsible for roughly 42% of the nation's CO2 emissions. Activity in this area has quickened in the last two years, and people now have relatively comprehensive visions of generation alternatives, undertaken by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and McKinsey & Co (McKinsey). Clearly, EPRI's 2009 Prism/Merge Analyses respond to new political reality and reflect a heightened sense of urgency. Looking ahead to 2030, EPRI's analyses target a 41% reduction in annual CO2 emissions by the US electric sector relative to 2005...
S. lawmakers, regulators and utility executives appear to have little appetite to push forward development of systems to capture carbon emissions from power plants and other sources for underground storage, said experts meeting in Pittsburgh. The challenges include policy, funding and technology, and policy trumps all," Stuart Dalton, generation director for the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., said at the annual Carbon Capture Sequestration Conference of 650 people that will conclude today at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown.
A homegrown technology designed to clean sulfur dioxide from coal- burning power plants works the way its inventor said it would, an independent research group has found. Colorado Springs-based Neumann Systems Group, Inc., which developed an emissions-purifying device that's being tested at the city-owned Drake Power Plant downtown, recently received a favorable assessment from the Electric Power Research Institute.
Jeffrey Phillips of the Electric Power Research Institute said although several technologies that can capture carbon dioxide emissions from coal are ready to be demonstrated today, they would significantly increase the cost of electricity.
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