Nuclear Energy
Over more than five decades, our experts have supported clients involved in more than one hundred nuclear facilities across the world and in every lifecycle phase of those projects.
In a resurgent nuclear sector rising to the challenges of energy security, decarbonisation, electrification and technological change, HKA has the breadth and depth of expertise to advise and support owners, investors, contractors and other stakeholders in the nuclear industry.
When developing and operating nuclear assets, complex issues and questions may arise that HKA’s specialist experts can work with you to resolve.
From funding and regulatory matters to design and construction management challenges, time and cost issues, or handover and operational best practice, HKA experts are foremost in their fields. They span multiple disciplines that underpin the construction, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear power assets. Applying their industry insights and wider experience, they can forensically analyse issues arising and their effect on project outcomes. HKA’s teams cut through complexities, delivering incisive advice and solutions.
Why HKA
As a global firm with a wealth of the world’s leading talent, we deploy individual experts or multi-disciplinary, collaborative teams to address your exact needs.
HKA has helped clients navigate their way through nuclear power plant construction delays and disruption, operational issues and outages, including equipment failures, the risks surrounding equipment upgrades, and plant decommissioning. In addition, our US specialists have prepared claims for additional costs due to breaches of contract arising from the federal government’s failure to provide a central spent nuclear fuel storage facility, and prepared regulatory filings required by state and public regulators.
Our people have analysed first-hand the causes and consequences of performance shortcomings on nuclear and other capital projects. HKA’s subject matter experts provide the tailored support the industry requires as it transitions to a new era of nuclear power plants (including small modular reactors) while working with both established and new investors and customers, including Big Tech and industrial companies.
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Our experience
Our wide-ranging expertise covers the following:
- Advisory and due diligence
- Change assessment and control
- Decommissioning cost estimates
- Digital intelligence and cybersecurity
- Dispute resolution and expert testimony
- Electrical grid and system cost analyses
- Financial and economic analyses supporting strategic decision-making
- Integrated resource plan analyses
- Project planning and controls
- Prudency reviews (construction and operation)
- Regulatory filings, public utility commissions and Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Quantum, commercial damages, delay, disruption and engineering expertise
- Replacement power cost analyses
- Risk management and compliance
- State commission regulatory impact analyses
- State-investor settlements
- Valuation
How we can help you
Our team support clients across a wide range of matters, with common challenges including:
This is one of the biggest challenges facing new nuclear power projects; the HKA subject-matter team has experience in project advisory support to avoid common issues, deliver joined-up analysis across planning and scheduling, quantum matters, and specialist technical knowledge to resolve claims and disputes.
This can range from decommissioning end-of-life plants to design-related project queries, or the nuances related to technical advancements. HKA has the ability to provide the most experienced experts and multidisciplinary teams to unpick the evolving regulatory approach to projects around the world and their effect on new and existing nuclear power projects.
Nuclear power generation has developed and scaled at different rates around the world. The success of traditional power plants, small modular reactors, waste management, and decommissioning vary from country to country. HKA is engaged in these markets around the world and has the track record of supporting issues arising throughout the nuclear power lifecycle.
This is one of the biggest challenges facing new nuclear power projects; the HKA subject-matter team has experience in project advisory support to avoid common issues, deliver joined-up analysis across planning and scheduling, quantum matters, and specialist technical knowledge to resolve claims and disputes.
This can range from decommissioning end-of-life plants to design-related project queries, or the nuances related to technical advancements. HKA has the ability to provide the most experienced experts and multidisciplinary teams to unpick the evolving regulatory approach to projects around the world and their effect on new and existing nuclear power projects.
Nuclear power generation has developed and scaled at different rates around the world. The success of traditional power plants, small modular reactors, waste management, and decommissioning vary from country to country. HKA is engaged in these markets around the world and has the track record of supporting issues arising throughout the nuclear power lifecycle.
