Advanced Nuclear Energy: Innovations & Global Energy Challenges | Jon Guidroz, SVP, Aalo Atomics

Customers can leverage the benefits of Ikea (economies of scale) while still getting a bespoke outcome.

Agreeing what needs to be done can be a challenge in itself, as it can be hard even to know where to start.. Design to Value master planning is a highly collaborative process, customised to the client’s specific situation and requirements, which aims to create sufficient understanding from which to decide what, how and when to improve – and why.And given that the constant in every project is uncertainty and change, it must always allow for multiple variables, both known and unknown..

Advanced Nuclear Energy: Innovations & Global Energy Challenges | Jon Guidroz, SVP, Aalo Atomics

Importantly, effective master planning also allows the client to explain simply – and sell – their issues, requirements and planning to other (senior) internal stakeholders, demonstrating clearly how to move from a present state to potential future states, and the benefits of doing so.. Bryden Wood’s master planning process.Our approach to master planning is collaborative, and iterative.Collaborative because there is usually no one person who understands every element of the situation (we bring together the right people to combine their knowledge and experience).

Advanced Nuclear Energy: Innovations & Global Energy Challenges | Jon Guidroz, SVP, Aalo Atomics

Iterative because the problem is unwrapped and understood gradually, by identifying potential solutions, analysing them and feeding the outcome back into the continuously evolving problem statement.The team evaluates the outcome, revises their understanding of the problem (if required), and goes around the loop again, with new, adjusted or more developed solutions..

Advanced Nuclear Energy: Innovations & Global Energy Challenges | Jon Guidroz, SVP, Aalo Atomics

The key principles of our master planning approach are: to adopt a common language that can be understood by all involved; to use clear visualisations rather than words as much as possible, as this aids general understanding; to be clear and explicit about any and all assumptions, and; to capture as much data and information as possible from as many sources as possible, so that no knowledge goes to waste..

The first step is to gather that information.This all means that a wide range of coal plant fleet owners will now have access to a cost-effective, non-risky, speedy solution for replacing coal.

A wide range of reactor manufacturers will have access to a significantly increased and different range of clients.Interesting large scale de-risked investment opportunities will become available, in companies that develop and deliver the constituent parts of the overall solution.

This will become an attractive proposition for communities, to keep jobs, attract other investment and create a better local environment.. A significant impact on global carbon emissions.Together with Terra Praxis and the wider team, Bryden Wood are developing the standardised, P-DfMA engineering solution and the digital platform with the necessary tools and services to attract enough customers and enough suppliers to this system.