Ep 77: Neil Wilmshurst, Electric Power Research Institute

In this episode we discuss...


Neil’s background in the British Navy and his personal
journey in the nuclear industry

Neil’s work as a system engineer at Sizewell

The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and its work
to increase a power plant’s capacity factor and uptime

Understanding a plant’s realtime risk profile

EPRI’s relationship with the nuclear industry and where it
gets its funding

EPRI’s research surrounding operations and maintenance cost
as well as capital cost

EPRI’s long term work supporting small modular reactors

Gen IV reactors and what we need to do now to support their
implementation in the coming decades