Nuclear Industry Construction Needs

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Nuclear Industry Construction Needs

• Carol L. Berrigan
• June 20, 2006

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Key Points

• Who is NEI?
• Nuclear Workforce Concerns
• New Nuclear Plant Construction
• Nuclear Industry Initiatives

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Who Is NEI?

• MISSION Promote the beneficial uses of nuclear
  energy and technologies.
• ACTIVITIES Develop policy on issues serve as a
  unified industry voice.

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2006 2007 Activities
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Aging Workforce in the Nuclear Industry
2004 Total Employment 57,900 2003 Total
Employment 58,400
Security is 20 of this group
Source 2005 NEI Pipeline Survey
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Construction Labor Concerns

• Limited availability of construction labor
• Regional shortages currently observed
• Projections of future shortages from multiple
  sources
• Major infrastructure construction projects will
  occur during same timeframe
• Personnel with experience in NPP construction
  will be retiring at the same time new
  construction will be ramping up.
• New plants may need to be staffed at the same
  time that significant numbers of workers will
  retire from existing fleet

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Roadmap to Commercial Operation
Building a new nuclear plant is a sequence of
three successive decisions
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First Decision To file an application for a COL
Second Decision Long-lead procurement of major
components and commodities
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Third Decision Proceed with construction
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Years (estimates)
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Status of New Plant Licensing
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NEI Actions

• Partnering with EEI on Center for Energy
  Workforce Development (CEWD)
• Working with Southeast Manpower Tripartite
  Alliance (SEMTA) on comprehensive assessment and
  action plan
• Engaging Department of Labor on Energy and
  Construction workforce
• Developing improved recruiting materials
• Sharing good practices for knowledge retention

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Industry EffortsNANTeL

• Provide an industry process for training and
  qualification on fundamental knowledge and skills
  for common requirements. Initially for
  supplemental personnel
• Why?
• Reduce training time for supplemental personnel
• Supplemental workforce moves more efficiently
  from site to site
• Less burden on training staffs
• Common training for the industry

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NANTelProject Schedule

• Hardware, software build, testing complete,
  initial system operation Feb. 28
• Administrator training March 30 to July 11
• Steering Committee March 31
• Industrial safety courses May30

• LMS data transfer software July 31
• All utilities participating July 31
• Proposal for 2007 Nov. 15

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NANTeLSystem Status

• Up since Feb. 28
• FPL used for spring outages
• Over 900 course completions since March
• Over 150 Administrators trained
• LMS data transfer field testing completed at Palo
  Verde
• Software shared and being customized at several
  utilities

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NANTeLUtility Implementation

• By July 31, all stations participating
• Accept generic quals
• Completion recorded in PADS
• Site-specific training split out to avoid
  duplicating generic objectives
• Administrator trained, system is accessible

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CONTACT INFORMATION

• Nuclear Energy Institute
• Carol Berrigan
• Email clb_at_nei.org
• Phone contact 202-739-8050
• Institute for Nuclear Power OperationsNANTeL
• Pete Knoetgen
• Email KnoetgenPM_at_inpo.org
• Phone contact 770-644-8737
• Rogan Smith
• Email SmithRM_at_inpo.org
• Phone contact 770-644-8753