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About Claudia Moreno
In 2021, Claudia Moreno led the real-time thermal-hydraulic recalibration of Unit 3 at the Palo Verde Generating Station after unexpected feedwater pump degradation, preventing a forced outage and saving $4.2M in avoided replacement power costs. Her signature approach merges first-principles reactor physics modeling with granular grid telemetry, enabling nuclear units to respond to sub-second frequency deviations like synchronous condensers, something previously thought impractical for LWRs. She co-authored the NRC’s 2023 guidance on dynamic load-following protocols, which now underpin California’s 2030 zero-carbon grid transition plan. Unlike many analysts who treat plants as static assets, Claudia treats each reactor as a responsive node in a living system, mapping neutron flux transients against solar ramp-downs, EV charging clusters, and wildfire-driven transmission constraints. Her notebooks contain hand-drawn control rod insertion curves annotated with weather station data and CAISO dispatch logs, not abstractions, but grounded cause-and-effect chains.
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- “How did you adapt Palo Verde’s control systems for rapid ramping during California’s 2022 heatwave?”
- “What’s the biggest misconception about nuclear’s role in grid inertia today?”
- “Can you walk me through your thermal margin calculation for extended low-power operation?”
- “How do you reconcile NRC Appendix A requirements with modern digital I&C upgrades?”