Training Course on Integrated Management Systems and Developing of the Safety Culture
23 September - 4 October 2013
PROSPECTUS
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 processes for 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; including 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
- Using the management system to assure robust plant construction, erection and installation 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 learn lessons and improve safety and performance, particularly in the light of recent events in Japan
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.
References
- IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GS-R-3: The Management System for Facilities and Activities, IAEA, Vienna (2006)
- IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GS-G-3.1: Application of the Management System for Facilities and Activities, IAEA, Vienna (2006).
- IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GS-G-3.5: The Management System for Nuclear Installations, IAEA, Vienna (2009)
- IAEA TECDOC 1555 Managing the First Nuclear Power Plant Project, IAEA, Vienna (2007)
- IAEA Nuclear Energy Series Guide NG-G-2.1, Managing Human Resources in the Field of Nuclear Energy, Vienna (2009)
- IAEA Draft Nuclear Energy Series Report NG-T-2.x, Improving Human Performance in Nuclear Facilities
- IAEA Nuclear Energy Series, No. NG-G-3.1, Milestone in the Development of a National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power, IAEA, Vienna (2007)
- IAEA TECDOC 1226, Managing Change in Nuclear Utilities, IAEA, Vienna (2001)
- IAEA TECDOC 1321, Safety Culture in Nuclear Installations – Guidance for use in the enhancement of safety culture, IAEA, Vienna (2002)
- IAEA Safety Report Series No. 69: Management System Standards: Comparison between IAEA GS-R-3 and ISO 9001:2000 [and ISO 9001:2008]
- IAEA Safety Report Series No.70: Management System Standards: Comparison between IAEA GS-R-3 and ASME NQA-1-2008, 2009a Requirements
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME), Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications, ASME NQA-1-2008, 2009a, ASME, New York (2009)
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO), Quality Management Systems: Requirements, ISO 9001:2000, ISO, Geneva (2000)
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO), Quality Management Systems: Requirements, ISO 9001:2008 ISO, Geneva (2008)
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO) Environmental Management Systems: Requirements with Guidance for Use, ISO 14001:2004, ISO, Geneva (2004)
- BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION (BSI), Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems: Requirements, OHSAS 18001:2007, BSI, London (2007)
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Course Materials
- Agarwal
- Documentation of the Management System.pdf
- Anderson
- NQA at NPP.pdf
- Brissette
- Comparison of GS-R-3 with ISO 9001 Requirements.pdf
- Disposition of Non-conformances Corrective and Preventive Actions.pdf
- Documentation of the Management System.pdf
- Implementing GSR3 at Bruce Power.pdf
- Cunningham
- Applications of Risk Analysis in Regulation.pdf
- Considerations of Safety Culture in Regulation.pdf
- Danielson
- IAEA and NQA-1.pdf
- Galles
- Development of Integrated Processes.pdf
- GS-R-3 Management System.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
- Adapting Sta Process Models for NPP.pdf
- Adapt Std Process Models for NPP.pdf
- IM and KM.pdf
- Integrated Performance Imprv.pdf
- Goodnite
- Safety Culture.pdf
- Worforce Planning.pdf
- Grobe
- Exelon Nuclear Partners.pdf
- Haber
- SBH-01.pdf
- SBH-02.pdf
- SBH-03.pdf
- Pence
- JTP.pdf
- Roschlova
- Grading approach.pdf
- Management Systems Safety Standards.pdf
- Practical example of Safety Culture assesment.pdf
- Schlimpert
- Benchmarking.pdf
- Managing Nuclear Assets Over the Long Term.pdf
- Std Nuclear Performance Model.pdf
- Sieracki
- Importance.pdf
- van Drunen
- IMS benefits and practicle examples.pdf
- Monitoring, assessment and continuous improvement.pdf
- Introduction Development of Integrated Processes.pdf
- Process Exercise.pdf
- Watts
- Management Leadership RR.pdf
- Assessment of Leadership Styles Potential.pdf Exercise Day1
- Assessment of Leadership and Motivation Styles.pdf Exercise Day 2
- Developing and Effective Internal Communication Process.pdf
- Human Resources and Organization Development.pdf
- Poweria Exercise
- NEPIO.pdf
- NPP Development in Poweria.pdf
- Poweria Regulatory Body.pdf
Course Evaluation
- Monday September 23, 2013
- Tuesday September 24, 2013
- Wednesday September 25, 2013
- Thursday September 26, 2013
- Friday September 27, 2013
- Monday September 30, 2013
- Tuesday October 1, 2013
- Wednesday October 2, 2013
- Thursday October 3, 2013
- Friday October 4, 2013
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