Training Course on Integrated Management Systems and Developing of the Safety Culture
PROSPECTUS
Organizers
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA
Argonne, Illinois, USA
5 - 16 November 2012
Purpose
The purpose of the training course is to help current or future owners/operators, regulators, suppliers and other organisations connected to nuclear facilities and activities establish management systems that meet IAEA requirements. The course should help Member States embarking on, or expanding, a nuclear energy programme, develop, implement, assess and continually improve management systems that incorporate international best practices, enhance safety and improve quality management and quality assurance in all the phases of developing a nuclear power plant, from feasibility studies, to siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation, and decommissioning.
Expected Output(s)
The expected outputs are:
- CD ROM of PowerPoint presentations and other workshop documents sharing information on challenges or issues and good practices or solutions from around the world, relating to establishing management systems for nuclear energy programmes and nuclear power plant (NPP) projects.
- Meeting participants with enhanced understanding of management system design and implementation for NPP project management to enhance safety.
- Meeting participants with greater knowledge and comprehension of what safety-focused management systems are, how they work, their value and importance, and how they function or operate in the real world.
- Feedback to help the Agency improve the guidance it provides through its publications and other services to Member States
Scope and Nature
The training course will consist of lectures, presentations, discussions and practical implementation exercises in work groups organized along the following themes:
- The basic principles of nuclear power programme management and the role of management systems
- Using the milestone approach to develop the national infrastructure for nuclear power
- Principles of project management and key success factors
- The roles and responsibilities of senior management and other stakeholders or interested parties
- Establishing a management system
- The benefits of management systems
- Establishing or identifying management system requirements for the different phases of the developing a national infrastructure for nuclear power
- Integration of requirements
- Managing codes, standards and regulatory requirements, including licences (authorizations and permits), and matters relating to safeguards and physical protection
- Using a graded approach
- Leadership and organisational culture
- Management commitment
- Roles, functions and competencies of leaders and managers
- Identifying and resolving issues before construction starts
- Using the management system to establish, support and promote a strong safety culture throughout all the phases of a nuclear power plant project
- Stakeholder communication and management
- Internal and external project communications
- Interface with regulatory bodies and local authorities
- Maintaining contractual communications
- Using the management system to assure effective interface arrangements between interested parties
- Resource management
- Managing long, global, supply chains
- Human resource management and workforce planning for NPP construction
- Human performance improvement
- Providing a safe working environment
- Knowledge management for the design and construction of a NPP fleet
- Using equipment, work and material resource optimization (MRO), document, design change and materials/supply chain information systems to assure quality in NPP projects - Process management
- Building quality into NPP project processes
- Effective process management - challenges and solutions or best practices
- Establishing robust procurement processes - Establishing procurement criteria;
- Procurement planning;
- Supplier qualification and selection (see also below under monitoring, measurement, assessment and improvement);
- Bidding and bid evaluation;
- Contracting;
- Contract monitoring and enforcement;
- Expediting of equipment and materials; and
- Handling of warranty claims. - Using the management system to assure robust equipment and component manufacturing processes
- Monitoring, Measurement, Assessment and Improvement
- Using the management system to monitor, measure, assess and improve the organisation, its processes, work and outcomes during all the phases of NPP projects, including: - Supervising the administration and execution of contracts
- Supervising component manufacturing
- Ensuring control and proper construction supervision at the plant site
- Evaluating main contractor or subcontractors claims
- Verifying compliance of design and manufacture with the established project requirements
- Assessing the effectiveness of the equipment qualification programme
- Establishing and using performance indicators for NPP projects - Conducting self-assessments, independent assessments, and management system reviews
- Using the management system to assure robust plant construction, erection and installation processes
- Using the management system to learn lessons and improve safety and performance, particularly in the light of recent events in Japan
The training course also will discuss opportunities for participants to network and continue sharing information and good practices beyond the training event, as well as other potential future follow-up tasks and coordinated activities relating to management systems and improving quality management and quality assurance in nuclear power programmes and NPP project activities.
Background Information
A number of countries are either embarking on a new nuclear power programme and building their first
nuclear power plant or expanding existing programmes. It is anticipated that, in spite of recent events in
Fukushima, there will be a number of new nuclear power plants constructed around the world.
Many countries embarking on their first nuclear power programme do not fully appreciate the scope and
complexity of such an undertaking. Furthermore, recent experience shows successfully managing nuclear power
plant projects is a very challenging task, even for countries with existing nuclear power programmes and
previous experience constructing and operating nuclear power plants.
There is a need to provide a forum for exchange of ideas, information, best practices, lessons learned,
etc., on establishing effective, safety-focused management systems for nuclear power plant projects among
the various interested parties in a given region and the world at large. Such exchanges or sharing offer
Member States opportunities to learn from others, to enhance their capabilities, and hence to foster better
and more successful nuclear power programmes and NPP projects that result in safe, operating nuclear power
plants.
Course Calendar
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Course Materials
These files are password protected. The password will be given during the class.
- Agarwal
- Documentation of the Management System.pdf
- Anderson
- IAEA NQA at NPP.pdf
- Bonner
- IAEA Poweria.pdf
- Boogaard
- Comparasing GS-R-3 and NQA 1 2008 and ISO 9001.pdf
- IMS and SC SS.pdf
- Graded approach Man systems.pdf
- IMS benefits and practicle examples.pdf
- Vietnam Management of Safety and management system of NPP projects.pdf
- Excercise Process development.pdf
- Practical example of implementation of an IMS.pdf
- Development of a Process Based Management SystePaciga m.pdf
- Proc Management System Administration.pdf
- Braun
- Discovery of Fission and CP-1.pdf
- L.1.1.2 (a) - Safety Culture in an Operating Organization.pdf
- Stakeholder Management.pdf
- Cunningham
- Applications of Risk Analysis in Regulation.pdf
- Considerations of Safety Culture in Regulation.pdf
- Danielson
- IAEA_NQA-1.pdf [Updated]
- Deb
- L.2.9B Argonne Training Pack.pdf
- L.6.4 Argonne Training Pack.pdf
- L.7.1 Argonne Training Pack.pdf
- L.7.4 Argonne Training Pack.pdf
- Falvo
- PSA at Exelon.pdf
- PSA.pdf
- Frischknecht
- 0_Main.pdf
- 1_Quality.pdf
- 2_Management-Systems.pdf
- 3_ISO-9001.pdf
- 4_History_IAEA.pdf
- 5_GS-R-3.pdf
- 6_Properties_of_a_good_MS.pdf
- 7_Implementation.pdf
- 8_Conclusions.pdf
- Assessment_fin.pdf
- EFQM_1.pdf
- Management-Systems_02.pdf
- Safety_Oversight_fin.pdf
- Galles
- Implementation of IAEA GS-R-3 by ANAV.pdf
- Managing and Controlling Processes - Responsibility and Authority.pdf
- Managing Organizational Change.pdf
- Monitoring, measuring and assessing performance.pdf
- Processes assessment and improvement.pdf
- Gilbert
- 6.4 Integrated Performance Imprv.pdf
- L.5.3 Part A Adapt Std Process Models for NPP.pdf
- L.5.3 Part B Adapting Sta Process Models for NPP.pdf
- L4.4 Part IM and KM.pdf
- 3E_LP002Self-Assessment.doc
- 3EA_LP002TrendingActivities.doc
- 3EB_CorrectiveActionPrograms.doc
- 3ED_HumanPerformanceProcess.doc
- MPLLC-EXCEL Nuc Bench.pdf
- PDG01 Information Management Process Description.pdf
- PDG02 Documents and Records Process Description.pdf
- Lindley
- SEMS.pdf
- McIntry
- ANL 2012.pdf
- Schneider
- 1 WFP New Nuc.pdf
- 2 WFP Staffing.pdf
- 3 Partnerships.pdf
- Van Drunen
- Leadership and Management for Safety.pdf
- CAP Program.pdf
- CAP SL by Topic.pdf
- Engineering Change Control.pdf
- Watts
- L.2.2 - Regulatory Oversight of Safety Culture.pdf
- L.2.3 - Building a Framework for Assessing Safety Culture.pdf
- L.3.1 - Management Leadership RnR.pdf
- L.4.1. Human Resources and Organization Development.pdf
- W.2.6 Identification of SC Characteristics n Attributes in Inspection Findings.pdf
- W.3.2. Assessment of Leadership Styles n Potential.pdf
Course Evaluation
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Course Photo
- Photos
- Course Photos
- Videos (Please save the video to your machine and use Microsoft Media Player to playback.)
- Philippines
- Poland
- Turkey
- UAE
Social Calendar
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