Ep. 79 - Rob Austin, EPRI
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy - En podkast av Bret Kugelmass, Energy Impact Center
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In this episode we discuss...
- Rob’s background in history and his personal evolution in the nuclear industry
- Design flaws that led to the Three Mile Island accident
- Rob’s work in plant modernization managing major electrical and digital upgrades at plants in the US
- Pros and cons of analog systems versus digital systems
- The core inputs essential to safety control in a plant including coolant flow and temperature parameters
- Economic challenges in nuclear and how we can replace manual labor with automation to help overcome those challenges
- Concerns over software common cause failure
- Lessons we can learn from upgrade deficiencies in other countries
- How cybersecurity is maintained in digital systems
- How plant modernization methods are working to dramatically reduce the operation and maintenance costs required in nuclear
