Fundamental Issues Critical to the Success of Nuclear Projects

Fundamental Issues Critical to the Success of Nuclear Projects presents a complete analysis of the core considerations for those deploying nuclear power plants, managing existing plants, and also for those developing and building new plants. It includes critical considerations, such as cost-estimation, safety procedures, and regulatory compliance, manpower optimization and development, and the application of innovative technologies, such as the use of robotics. Those important issues have been addressed in a systematic way, and explanations have been provided on how the nuclear industry has continuously found solutions to mitigate and eventually solve them properly.

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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.

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Fundamental Issues Critical to the Success of Nuclear Projects presents a complete analysis of the core considerations for those deploying nuclear power plants, managing existing plants, and also for those developing and building new plants. It includes critical considerations, such as cost-estimation, safety procedures, and regulatory compliance, manpower optimization and development, and the application of innovative technologies, such as the use of robotics. Those important issues have been addressed in a systematic way, and explanations have been provided on how the nuclear industry has continuously found solutions to mitigate and eventually solve them properly.

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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

3. 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

4. New build deployment challenges and resolution

5. 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

6. Managing uncertainty in civil nuclear projects 10. Nuclear manpower issues for new and existing projects

7. Transition to decommissioning

   Part VI Stakeholder role in nuclear projects

8. Challenges to probabilistic risk assessment of nuclear power plants

9. Developing and maintaining organizational culture for nuclear sites