Plant life management and plant license extension are crucial issues for nuclear operators. Extension of reactor lifetimes from 40 to 60 years is enhancing the economic competitiveness of plants, while both ownership and operation of these is becoming concentrated. Financially, operators would sooner extend the life of their plants rather than decommissioning, an issue which is now more important than ever due to the current economic situation. There are now 104 operating nuclear power reactors in the USA, with over half coming to the end of their 40 year cycle. These plants now need approval by the NRC to continue operating by applying for a new operating license. This process is complex often taking years to complete. The NRC guidelines must be followed giving rise to predicaments such as replacing nuclear components and the obsolescence of equipment, as well as degradation issues with underground piping and medium voltage cables. In addition, how will we overcome plant aging issues and how will we break the 60 year barrier? Now in its 18th year, PLIM & PLEX 2009 in Chicago, USA, will include significant case studies and presentations from leading utilities, operators, innovators in R&D, regulators and international associations to provide answers to these and other topical questions. From long range planning for capital modification to overcoming fuel storage problems, this conference will provide insight in how to solve the critical issues facing the industry today.

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Plant life management and plant license
extension in nuclear facilities
DISTINGuISHED SPEaKERS INCluDE: aGENDa HIGHlIGHTS INCluDE!
Joe Donahue, Vice President Nuclear • Discover how EXElON extended their license at
Operations and Services, Oyster Creek
PROGRESS ENERGY • Review ENTERGY's fleet approach to license renewal
Mike Gallagher, Vice President License • Learn how SOuTHERN NuClEaR manage an
Renewal, EXElON aging plant
• Identify proactive obsolescence management at
Erwin fischer, Head of Technology, E.ON D.C. Cook Nuclear with aMERICaN ElECTRIC POWER
Bob Kalinowski, Principal Engineer, • Determine INPO perspectives on equipment
aMERICaN ElECTRIC POWER reliability over the long term
Garry Young, Principal Engineer, ENTERGY • Find out the challenge to sustain high performance
operation of existing nuclear plants to 2050 and
Dennis Madison, Site Vice President beyond with EPRI
Hatch Nuclear Power Plant, SOuTHERN • Evaluate U.S. license renewal process and lessons
NuClEaR OPERaTING COMPaNY learned with the uSNRC
Mike fallin, Principal Engineer,
CONSTEllaTION ENERGY all THE lEaDING ORGaNIZaTIONS REPRESENTED
alex Marion, Vice President Nuclear • EXELON • USNRC
Operations, NEI • E.ON • AMERICAN ELECTRIC
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Exhibitor:
ENTERGY POWER
Brian Holian, Director of License Renewal, • CONSTELLATION ENERGY • GE HITACHI
uSNRC • PROGRESS ENERGY • EPRI
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2. Program Day One Tuesday September 29 2009
08:15 Registration
11:30 KEYNOTE PRESENTaTION
08:50 Opening remarks from the Chair life beyond 60: the greenest power
Will Dalrymple, Editor, NuClEaR ENGINEERING INTERNaTIONal The licensing of nuclear plants for longer than 60 years is
allowed by 10 CFR 54: Requirements For Renewal Of Operating
Planning for future economic uncertainties: Licenses For Nuclear Power Plants. However, an application
to extend a plant beyond 60 years of operation has not been
operating beyond 60 years submitted and there is considerable uncertainty concerning the
9:00 long term operation: the challenge to sustain high issues such an application would have to address. This keynote
performance operation of existing nuclear plants to presentation will provide the case for taking the US nuclear
2050 and beyond fleet beyond 60 years of operation and will discuss the issues
● Underlining clear societal benefits as well as financial benefits surrounding the submittal and review of an application to do
to owners and operators of nuclear plants: continuing to so. It will address the technical, environmental, and regulatory
operate at high performance levels hurdles that will have to be surmounted.
● Analyzing the performance of today’s plants ● Developing the ultimate green power
● Modernizing plants to enhance performance and safety – CO2 abatement
● Maintaining this performance and securing license renewal – Avoidance of new construction
beyond 60 years ● Understanding the regulatory landscape
● Supporting plant license renewal and long term operations – Streamlined review process
decisions in the 2013 – 2019 timeframe by using R&D and – NRC readiness to accept beyond 60 applications
technical assessments ● Highlighting the environmental concerns
● Identifying and prioritizing technical issues: engaging in – Spent fuel storage
R&D for high priority issues and collaborating with other – Low level waste
stakeholders to assure timely results that will have a – Resources for new plant siting
consensus for action – Emergency preparedness and population projections
● Achieving license renewals and high performance operations ● Overcoming the technical issues to advance into the future
● Clarifying the key issues including: – Large part replacement
– Predicting primary metals aging – Viability of replacing reactors, RCS piping and pressurizers
– Understanding concrete aging concerns – Aging of concrete
– Modernizing I&C and information systems – Buried piping
– Planning refurbishments and power up-rates to prevent ● Forecasting economics for the future
outages or safety events enhancing analysis and – Cost of renewing a second time
monitoring of safety margins – Cost of replacing power with a new source
– Investigating innovative fuel concepts that improve operations Joe Donahue, vice President Nuclear Operations and
John Gaertner, Technical Executive, EPRI Services, PROGRESS ENERGY
09:40 Plant life and aging management in Germany’s nuclear 12:10 Increasing station reliability and availability
power plants ● Industry performance review
● The business case and approaches taken to improve
● An overview of E.ON nuclear power plants in Germany
● Leveraging industry experience
● Determining plant safety and performance
● Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
● Evaluating maintenance and aging management
obsolescence initiatives
● Experience from operations and modifications over the last
● The importance of long range planning
10 years
● Performance and reliability assessments
● Regulatory aspects and specific events
● Customer project review: scope, results and recommendations
● The outlook on the future
● Conclusions: creating the vision and management commitment
Erwin fischer, Head of Technology, E.ON
Jon W. Ball, vice President, Performance Services, GE HITaCHI
10:20 The vital role for information technology in managing 12.50 Period of extended operation (PEO) entry and
long term operational risk of nuclear plants incorporation of 10 CfR 54 committed aging
● Using information technology to build stakeholder confidence management into site processes
at this time of economic instability ● Status of Constellation Energy license renewal program
● Focusing on reducing risks, increasing efficiency, managing ● Steps taken to be ready for NRC Post-Approval Inspections (NRC
costs and improving interoperability between systems and data IP71003)
sources from design to decommissioning ● Aging management program (AMP) owner involvement and
● Where is the industry at and where is it headed regards lifecycle ownership
data management? ● Generation of fleet procedures for aging management
● Leveraging existing information assets and legacy systems, and ● Compliance with 10 CFR 54.37(b)
future proofing these assets ● Aging management inspections
● Role and importance of standards, like ISO 15926, going into ● LR commitment binders
the future for this industry ● Site processes upgraded or created to incorporate ongoing 10
● Referencing case study examples from Eastern Europe & CFR 54 committed aging management
Russia, Japan & Korea and the Americas ● Master equipment list database
Mark Biagi, Solutions Executive for Power Generation, ● Work management
BENTlEY SYSTEMS ● Corrective action program
● Ongoing training on material aging fundamentals
11:00 Morning refreshments ● AMP owner qualification
Mike fallin, Principal Engineer, CONSTEllaTION ENERGY

3. Program Day One Program Day Two
1:30 Lunch 08:30 Registration
08:50 Opening remarks from the Chair
licensing licensing licensing Will Dalrymple, Editor, NuClEaR ENGINEERING INTERNaTIONal
2:30 KEYNOTE PRESENTaTION
lessons learned on license renewal applications with Replacing and mitigating materials
great public interest 09:00 Proactive obsolescence management at D.C.
On April 8 2009, Exelon’s Oyster Creek nuclear power plant Cook Nuclear
was granted a license extension to operate until 2029. This ● Developing an obsolescence program
case study from a leading nuclear power plant operator in ● Integrating obsolescence information into plant processes
the US will provide inside knowledge into: ● Using industry databases to proactively identify obsolete
● The Exelon’s license renewal status components
● The Oyster Creek application background ● Prioritizing obsolescence issues
● Lessons learned from the Oyster Creek application ● Interface with design changes and replacement activities
● Applying the lessons learned ● Challenges to implementing a proactive
● Results from a key industry player obsolescence program
Michael P Gallagher, Principal Engineer, vice President Bob Kalinowski, Principal Engineer,
license Renewal Projects, EXElON aMERICaN ElECTRIC POWER
09:40 Supporting the long term licensing and operation of the
3:10 u.S. license renewal process and lessons learned:
existing operating nuclear power plants
in 2009, the u.S. has 4 plants entering their 41st
● Maintaining and enhancing the performance of the existing
year of operation
operating fleet of LWRs
● The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license ● Ensuring high capacity factors and superior economic
renewal process: establishing the technical and performance throughout their lifetime
administrative requirements for the renewal of operating ● Nuclear materials aging and degradation
power plant licenses ● Advanced LWR nuclear fuel development
● The review process for License Renewal Applications ● Advanced instrumentation, control, and information systems
(LRA): providing continued assurance that the level of technologies
safety provided by an applicant’s current licensing basis is ● Risk informed safety margin characterization
maintained for the period of extended operation Ronaldo Szilard, Ph.D Director, Nuclear Science &
● Focusing on passive, long-lived structures and components Engineering, Idaho National laboratory Director, lWR
of the plant that are subject to the effects of aging Sustainability Program, Technical Integration Office
● What the applicant must demonstrate including programs
in place to manage the aging effects 10:20 Morning refreshments
● Discussing some of the issues identified during license
renewal reviews
● Working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on 10:50 Materials long-term aging issues and their resolution
research related to light water reactor sustainability ● Westinghouse Hot Cells: providing a unique capability for
Brian Holian, Director, Division of license Renewal, uSNRC understanding materials aging issues and potential methods of
mitigation and/or replacement
– Radiation effects on the reactor pressure vessil (RPV)
3:50 Afternoon refreshments
and internals
– Innovative surveillance capsule testing involving master
4:20 Entergy's fleet approach to license renewal curve and assessing high-fluence data
● Status of license renewal in the U.S. – Fuel technology and advancements
● Status of Entergy's license renewal program – Mechanical wear
● Prerequisites for license renewal – Piping fatigue and failures
● Entergy's license renewal project template – Stress corrosion cracking
● Status of industry guidance on aging management for long – NDE inspection methods improvements
term operation ● Conflict between resolution of aging effects in
● Opportunities for additional license renewals: operation other components
beyond 60 years – Temperature can be your friend and/or your enemy
Garry G. Young, Principal Engineer license Renewal, – Proper decision making for long term operation
ENTERGY NuClEaR ● Long term operation with minimal materials problems
can be achieved
– Requiring a longer term vision in the industry than
5:00 Outline of the operator license renewal process
has been required before
● Analyzing the rules of license renewal
– Maintaining expertise bringing new resources into
● Going through the license renewal process step by step
the industry
● Updates on recent license renewal developments
– Employing mechanistically-backed monitoring and
● Highlighting the significance of 10 CFR Part 54
inspection approaches
● Above all, safety matters!
Brian N. Burgos, Manager, Hot Cell and Materials Growth,
● Is there any additional guidance on the matter?
Science and Technology Department, WESTINGHOuSE
angela Krainik, Director of license Renewal,
Randy lott, advisory Scientist, WESTINGHOuSE
aRIZONa PuBlIC POWER DISTRICT
5:40 Closing remarks from the Chair and close of Day One

4. Wednesday September 30 2009
11:30 focusing on medium voltage cables long term plant management
● Overcoming the inaccessibility of the cables
● Operating experiences of water problems 3:50 KEYNOTE PRESENTaTION: Managing the aging plant
● Methods used to test the levels of wetness focusing on the present
● The aging effects caused by water ● Determining the safety and reliability of existing units
● Resolving these issues: replacing the cables or using ● Optimizing public confidence
other techniques ● Gaining a deeper understanding of regulatory compliance
alex Marion, vice President Nuclear Operations, focusing on the future
NuClEaR ENERGY INSTITuTE ● Identifying future generation needs
● Life cycle management
Coping with radiation damage ● Building workforce availability
12:10 Radiation damage in light water reactors (lWRs) ● Equipment/parts availability
● Economics of license renewal: the cost to prepare and submit
● Choosing materials for LWRs and why radiation damage
● Environmental impact
is unique
● Economic impact: the cost of investing in a plant for life
● An overview of PWR designs
beyond 60
● Radiation induced swelling and creep
● Radiation induced segregation and precipitation Potential issues and overcoming them
● Radiation induced embrittlement ● New units coming on line: will they be successful and what
Todd allen, Scientific Director, IDaHO NaTIONal will the financial impact be?
laBORaTORY ● Identifying the main concerns of spent fuel
● Bypassing economic uncertainties
12:50 Lunch Dennis Madison, Site vice President Hatch Nuclear
Power Plant, SOuTHERN NuClEaR OPERaTING COMPaNY
2:00 Radiation damage under extended reactor operation:
potential limitations and opportunities for relief 4:30 INPO perspectives on equipment reliability over
Overview of structures and components where radiation the long term
damage is a concern for extended service ● Maintenance of critical components
● RPV radiation embrittlement: late blooming phases and ● Equipment performance trends
embrittlement in base and weld metals ● Transformer and switchyard performance
● Radiation damage in core internals: high fluence phase ● Thoughts on life cycle management
transformation and swelling ● Industry initiative on improving fuel performance:
● Impact of high fluence irradiation on corrosion processes: a model for the future
irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking Rick Jacobs, vice President of Technical Support, INPO
Potential for reducing impact and uncertainty in irradiation-
5:10 Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference
damage mechanisms
● Mitigation strategies: application of post-irradiation annealing
to RPV steels as well as internals
● Monitoring strategies: need and concepts for better NDE and
monitoring techniques
● Modelling strategies: the need and concepts for
life-time predictions
Jeremy Busby, Senior Research and Development Staff, lead
for DOE-lWRSP Materials aging and Degradation, OaK RIDGE
NaTIONal laBORaTORY
2:40 Environment materials interaction in lWRs about the event
● Corrosion issues in cladding and structural components Now in its 18th year, PLIM & PLEX 2009 in Chicago, USA,
● Stress corrosion cracking in stainless steels and nickel will include significant case studies and presentations from
base alloys leading utilities, operators, innovators in R&D, regulators and
● Corrosion fatigue international associations to provide answers to the challenges
● Irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking
you will be facing in the future. From long range planning for
● Environmental degradation issues for life extension
Gary Was, Director, MICHIGaN MEMORIal PHOENIX ENERGY
capital modification to overcoming fuel storage problems, this
INSTITuTE, Professor, uNIvERSITY Of MICHIGaN conference will provide essential information regarding how to
solve the critical issues facing the industry today.
3.20 Afternoon refreshment
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