What Am I
The financial plan that covers the day-to-day, recurring costs required to keep a nuclear power plant running smoothly.
What is the O&M budget?
ISI
What is general emergency?
A state level agency that ensures services are reasonably priced for customers.
What is the Public Service Commission (PSC)?
What is lost generation?
This station oversight body is responsible for approving money be spent on plant modifications.
What is the PRC?
ALARA
What is as low as reasonably achievable?
This metal produces the fission process.
What is uranium?
This not-for-profit organization, headquartered in Atlanta, was established after TMI to promote high levels of safety, reliability and operational excellence.
What is INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations)?
Incremental scope for an outage is defined by a frequency of 3R and this dollar threshold.
What is $300K?
This elevated structure ensures security personnel have clear lines of sight.
PCS
What is passive containment cooling system?
The industry uses these to monitor the site's ability to operate safely and reliably.
What is performance indicators?
This independent US government agency issues licensures for nuclear plants.
What is the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)?
$1.5M, $1M, & $0.5M represent this group of costs for each outage.
What is contingency funds?
This repository houses all nuclear power plant records.
What is documentum?
HLCL
What is hot leg cold leg?
At 12-14 feet, these are used to speed or slow the chain reaction inside the reactor.
What are control rods?
This international organization was created following the Chernobyl accident in 1986.
What is WANO (World Association of Nuclear Operators)?
The single largest variable cost in a refuel outage.
What is MMC cost (DZ)?
A place containing various, delicious choices for lunch.
What is the V34 cafeteria?
BOP
What is balance of plant?
This inner most zone at a plant houses the reactor, control room and spent fuel pool and requires an orange badge to access.
What is the vital area?
This arm of the federal government support US energy, science and security priorities.
What is the DOE (Department of Energy)?
What is 2%?