strategy for enhancing share of nuclear energy
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6th Nuclear Energy Conclave STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING SHARE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY – ENSURING SAFETY & VIABILITY ASHISH JHA. 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?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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NUVIA INDIA - YOUR NUCLEAR PARTNER