Sequencing license amendment requests on a fleet
Fleet operators rarely think of LAR sequencing as a strategic decision; the regulator does. Two changes we suggest to almost every fleet program in the first quarter of an engagement.
Perspectives
SMR pre-application engagement realism
The pre-application engagement timeline most SMR developers carry into the first NRC meeting is optimistic. We sketch what we now use as a planning baseline.
PRA update discipline before peer review
The peer-review findings that surprise utilities most often are the ones that come from the data update, not the model update. Our checklist for what to lock down first.
RI-ISI program design that survives operator turnover
RI-ISI programs are designed for engineers who will not be in the role when the next inspection cycle comes around. We design for the next engineer, not the current one.