Task Group Name: Construction Quality and Speed Improvement Technologies

1. Task Group Name: Construction Quality and Speed Improvement Technologies Ken Barry Acting Program Manager, Advanced Nuclear Technology (ANT) Program November 29, 2012

2. New Nuclear Projects Under Construction Today433 currently in operation 4 7 10 26 How many new Nucs are currently being constructed globally? 11? 33? 66? 99? 5* 3 Total - 66 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 *Watts Bar 2, Summer 2,3 & Vogtle 3,4 Source: World Nuclear Association – Aug 2012

3. Work Started at Vogtle Site in GeorgiaESP and LWA Received in August 2009; COL Approved February 2012

4. Work Started at VC Summer Site in South CarolinaCOL Approved March 2012 Source: SCANA

5. Shin-Kori 3 & 4 Source: KHNP

6. Flamanville 3 Source: EDF

7. Sanmen in China, October, 2011 Source: Shaw Group

8. Angra 3 Source: Christyam de Lima

9. New Nuclear Projects Planned Today PLUS – 329 Proposed Reactors 28 New to nuclear Source: World Nuclear Association – Aug 2012

10. Construction Quality and Speed Working Group • NESCC Sponsored working group that will focus on: • Evaluating new technologies for decreasing construction time and costs while improving quality – panel of experts with periodic meetings • Identifying potential end users of the task group products, and articulating the suggested applications and extent of the applications for these end users. • Evaluating impact on codes and standards – roadmap feedback to NESCC • Developing feedstock for research organizations.

11. Construction Quality and Speed Improvement Technologies Scope and Objectives of Task Group • This task group will be focused on building techniques and materials which improve the speed and quality of construction and potentially lower costs. • This will be a standing study group which would assess the efficiency benefits of a specific technology, determine what codes and standards would be necessary for regulatory acceptance and then develop a research plan to accomplish the code change.

12. Construction Quality and Speed Improvement Technologies Expected Results of Task Group • The task group products would be the development of a project proposal(s) for technological research needed for key code changes that would be delivered to the appropriate SDO(s). • This task group would also propose discussions for the NESCC meeting agendas once discussions are mature for a given technology.

13. Construction Speed and Quality Improvement Technologies Some of the initial areas that I think would be interesting to discuss are: • Accelerating the curing of concrete • Moisture tolerant concrete epoxies • Threadless Conduit Couplers • Cable splicing • SC construction • High Strength rebar • Headed Rebar • Auto Rebar Placement/Fabrication • Modular Rebar • Parallel Threaded Rebar Splices

14. Construction Speed and Quality Improvement Technologies (continued) Some of the initial areas that I think would be interesting to discuss are: • Integrated pre-fab for reinforced steel • Automated Inspection technologies • Optimized modular design, procurement, and fabrication technologies • Near Site modular shop design • Just-in-time production technologies of specific size shapes • Increasing the completeness and testing of modules

15. Example Technologies • Accelerating the curing of concrete • Moisture tolerant concrete epoxies • Threadless Conduit Couplers • Increasing the completeness and testing of modules • Cable splicing • SC construction • High Strength rebar • Headed Rebar • Parallel Threaded Rebar Splices • Auto Rebar Placement/Fabrication

16. Example Technologies (cont.) • Integrated pre-fab for reinforced steel • Automated Inspection technologies • Optimized modular design, procurement, and fabrication technologies • Near Site modular shop design • Just-in-time production technologies of specific size shapes

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