Fundamental Issues Critical to the Success of Nuclear Projects

ISBN-13: 9780081024720 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 394 str.

Jas Devgun; Joseph Boucau

Spis treści

Part I Future of nuclear energy and challenges ahead 1. Role of nuclear fission energy from past to future: Critical issues: Energy policy and market design, cost control, innovation and flexibility 2. Overview of current status and future trends of nuclear power industry of the world

Part II Cost estimating for nuclear projects 3. International guidance on decommissioning cost structure and its practical implementation

Part III Safety, procedures and regulatory compliance 4. Procedures at nuclear sites 5. Severe accidents and lessons learned: design and organizational factors perspective after Fukushima

Part IV Technology applications in support of nuclear projects 6. New build deployment challenges and resolution 7. Technologies in support of reactor dismantling 8. Advanced methodologies in support of the development of innovative technologies in nuclear projects

Part V Nuclear manpower deployment, optimization and development 9. Managing uncertainty in civil nuclear projects 10. Nuclear manpower issues for new and existing projects 11. Transition to decommissioning

Part VI Stakeholder role in nuclear projects 12. Challenges to probabilistic risk assessment of nuclear power plants 13. Developing and maintaining organizational culture for nuclear sites

O autorze

Joseph Boucau received an engineering master's degree from the University of Mons (Belgium). He joined Westinghouse in 1981 in the nuclear safety engineering department with increased responsibilities. He then moved to marketing and customer project management with some large assignments and a wide spectrum of activities. He led a growth initiative for decommissioning and dismantling, which received some significant awards, and was recently appointed Vice President of Decommissioning and Dismantling Business Development with global oversight on decommissioning, decontamination, remediation, and waste management services.