6th Nuclear Energy Conclave

STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING SHARE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY – ENSURING SAFETY & VIABILITY

ASHISH JHA

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STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING SHARE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

Why do we need Nuclear Energy?

What are the merits of Nuclear Energy?

How can we increase the share of Nuclear Energy?

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Why do we need Nuclear Energy?

India is Energy hungry country

To fuel the Economic Growth

Shortage of fossil fuels

Rising dependency on energy imports

Renewable energy is the only other option

 

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What are the merits of Nuclear Energy?

Nuclear power is an intense source of energy

There is an Immense pressure on rail, port and other infrastructure

Smaller land needed for setting up a nuclear power station

Nuclear power is environmentally benign

Major facilitator in de-carbonising the energy sector

India has the vision and expertise

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How can we increase the share of Nuclear Energy?

Political stability and Governments will

Time to strengthen AERB

Upgrade current Atomic Energy Act of 1962

International restrictions by NSG

Limited foreign technology provision

Civil nuclear cooperation agreements

Explore new mines for fuel

“Make in India”

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ENSURING SAFETY & VIABILITY

Safety V/s Defense in Depth?

How can Nuvia India contribute?

Perception about safety?

Lesson learnt and forgotten?

Aging management - a new safety challenge

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Safety V/s Defense in Depth

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Adapted from “Human Error”, James Reason, Cambridge, 1990

Latent

failures at the

managerial

level

Defense in Depth

Realizable

Damage to

humans

and/or

infrastructure

System ‘holes’

Ineffective tools

Abnormal situations

“Evil

Plans”

Psychological

precursors

nb: for a reactor accident, evil plans might

be replaced by unsafe acts, inadequate

training, etc

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How can Nuvia India contribute?

Radiation Protection Services

Knowledge Partner- Provide Radiation Protection Training Programmes

Radiological Monitoring Instrument (RMI) Calibration Services

Radiation Protection Advisory Service

Waste Characterisation and Assay Services

Radiation Dosimetry

Operational support for HPU

Design & Commissioning of RMI calibration facilities

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Perception about safety?

Can we defy Murphy’s Law - ‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong’

Operational incidents in NPPs in India

Turbine hall fire incident at Narora unit-1 in 1993

MAPS shutdown due to Tsunami waves on 26th December, 2004.

Understanding of natural hazards is ever-evolving

Due conservatism and extra caution is needed

Safety should be attitude rather than norm

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Lesson learnt and forgotten?

A nuclear accident ‘anywhere’ is a nuclear accident ‘everywhere’

Lessons learned from Three Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents

Can Fukushima happen in India?

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Aging management - a new safety challenge

Nuclear power plants experience two kinds of time dependent changes:

(i) Physical ageing of Systems, Structures and Components (SSCs)

(ii) Obsolescence of SSCs

Modifying existing plants requires responsiveness – PLE by NUVIA Concrete treatment

Fire, Flood and Radiological Protection

Structural reinforcement

Sealing of hoppers and joints

Renovation

Tele-operated equipment

Modifications to waste treatment processes

Anchor maintenance

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Support to the Full Project Lifecycle

DemolishConcept Design Manufacture Installation Commission Operations DecommissionPLEXConstruct Remediate

Projects, Engineering & Consulting

Services

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