Eric L. Harvey, Senior Engineer, ERIN Engineering, 2/14
February Dinner Meeting Announcement
Topic:
Nuclear Power Advocacy in California
Bio:
Eric L. Harvey is a Senior Engineer with the Risk Management Group at ERIN Engineering and Research, Inc. He has over eleven years of experience in the nuclear field, including six years of honorable service in the United States Navy as a Nuclear Electronics Technician, and previously qualified as a Reactor Operator. He operated and maintained Pressurized Water Reactor power plant systems while assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) from 1999-2003. Today, he is an expert in Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) work, thermal hydraulic accident analyses, fault tree and event tree modeling, component data analyses, and systems analyses with a focus on nuclear reactor accident progression and risk assessments. He also specializes in aircraft impact analysis and nuclear power plant security work for commercial nuclear power facilities in the US and around the world. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology from Thomas Edison State College (2009), and is a top graduate of the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Training Program (1997-1999). He is an active Executive Committee Member of the Northern California Section of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), created and maintains the section website, is the West Regional Lead for the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN), and is an Executive Committee Member of the Young Members Group (YMG) division of ANS National.
Abstract:
This past January the California Energy Commission released their 2013 Integrated Energy Policy Report (2013 IEPR), outlining the current state of energy production and transmission in the Golden State. In light of the Southern California Edison announcement on the closure of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, what are the options moving forward to make up for this loss of power to the grid? Shall we shift to a natural gas dominated platform augmented with renewable energy as we approach a total phase out of nuclear power plants in California, while our current position is to import 90% of the natural gas we use in the state?
Are there better approaches we can take? There still remains legislation from 1976 on the books in Sacramento, preventing the construction of new thermal fission nuclear power facilities in California until a federally approved method of dealing with the used fuel from power reactor operations is in place. I believe there is a better approach which can be taken to build a brighter future of a secure and stable energy and water supply in California before it is too late. I will also discuss my recent communication and meeting with the California Energy Commission on these topics.
Presentation Material:
Presentation Slideshow – Nuclear Power Advocacy in California