Maureen Zawalnik

SVP & Chief Risk Officer, PG&E · 1 appearance on the record.

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A nuclear engineer by training, Zawalick has spent nearly three decades at PG&E overseeing regulatory compliance, risk management, and nuclear fuel operations. She is best known for spearheading operations, federal license renewal efforts, and artificial intelligence initiatives at California’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

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The record, in short

What the tape says about how Maureen argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Zawalick: PG&E Applied for 20-Year NRC License Renewal for Diablo Canyon
“Unit one's current license expires November second of 2024. And it'll be really interesting to look at what's going on November third and fourth with our grid had we taken unit one off. So we're right there, right? unit two's current license expires in August…”
Maureen Zawalnik Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 9:00 Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod

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Everything Maureen Zawalnik said on BG2 Pod that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Zawalick: Decommissioning Diablo Canyon Is 'Utter Madness'
“So it would be utter madness and scientifically wrong. and I say that from 35 years in the industry as a nuclear engineer with confidence.”
Maureen Zawalnik Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 11:23 Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Opinion
Zawalick: California renewable projects failed to match replacement expectations for Diablo
“This, the projects to replace, the renewable projects to replace Diablo have not made the progress that I think the state thought it would back in 2015, 20 16.”
Maureen Zawalnik Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 7:35 Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Assertion Supported
Zawalick: PG&E Applied for 20-Year NRC License Renewal for Diablo Canyon
“Unit one's current license expires November second of 2024. And it'll be really interesting to look at what's going on November third and fourth with our grid had we taken unit one off. So we're right there, right? unit two's current license expires in August…”
Maureen Zawalnik Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 9:00 Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Assertion Supported
Zawalick: All US commercial nuclear waste fits on one football field
“You roll up all of that footprint, and you got to see it's very small and you take all of the over hundred units in the United States, it would fit in the size of a football field up to the goalposts.”
Maureen Zawalnik Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 26:08 Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Assertion Supported
Zawalick: Reprocessing spent fuel allows 80% to 90% to be reused
“Now you start reprocessing that, and you have a, again, a federal policy change from the Carter administration to allow for reprocessing like France does. You can get about, you know, you hear numbers between 80, 90% Of, you know, isotopic, you know, use of be…”
Maureen Zawalnik Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 26:23 Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Assertion Supported
Zawalick: Diablo Canyon Operates at a 90%+ Capacity Factor
“Nuclear's capacity factors, you said efficient, you know, their capacity factors, Diablo's, you know, upwards of 90%, right? And, ah, we have had our units run at 93, 94%. You can't mess with those numbers. We're available 24 seven, 365 days a year, rain or sh…”
Maureen Zawalnik Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 10:19 Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Sep 9, 2024 13m
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