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SUMMARY:Too Cheap to Meter:  An Insider’s View on Ways to Make Nuclear M
 ore Affordable - Alan Smith\, WANO
DTSTART:20180222T163000Z
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CONTACT:Jo Boyle
DESCRIPTION:Despite early promises that nuclear power would be “too chea
 p to meter”\, that vision has never been realized.  But some of the key 
 drivers of cost pressure are not always obvious.  This topic will be facil
 itated by Mr. Alan Smith\, who is currently a director of the World Associ
 ation of Nuclear Operators (WANO).  In his 25+ years working in the commer
 cial nuclear industry\, Alan has held line management positions at multipl
 e commercial nuclear stations\, has visited almost 100 more different nucl
 ear stations in over 20 different countries\, and is currently responsible
  for WANO’s oversight of 470+ nuclear stations around to globe.   The fo
 cus of discussion will about what it really takes to keep a commercial nuc
 lear operation in business\, and to discuss some of the less obvious costs
  that end up playing a big role on the balance sheet.  DO NOT come expecti
 ng a lot of Excel spreadsheets with cost data or financial analysis.  Inst
 ead\, the goal is for attendees to be able to participate in interactive d
 iscussion with someone who has spent decades on “the front lines”\,  a
 nd leave the lecture with some clearer thinking about the type of thing th
 ey might want to focus on for additional study or research
LOCATION:Department of Engineering - LT6
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