CSNI Workshop

CSNI Workshop

Better Nuclear Plant Maintenance: Improving Human and Organisational Performance

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 3-5 October 2005

Topics

The following main topics were discussed during the workshop:

1. Maintenance-related events:

  • methods for analysis of maintenance-related events;
  • identification of causal factors which contribute to human error during maintenance;
  • corrective and preventive measures to address events with human and organisational causes.

2. Licensee arrangements (including good practices) for planning, implementing and managing maintenance:

  • initiatives to better design, manage and implement maintenance activities;
  • maintenance procedures, training and other supporting factors such as the introduction of new technology;
  • treatment of human actions during maintenance, situational factors and organisational support in the plant safety case.

3. Development and implementation of guidance documents to improve maintenance programmes:

  • examples of guidelines for improving maintenance programmes;
  • application of guidelines and feedback on their effectiveness;
  • gaps and novel approaches.

4. Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches:

  • regulatory expectations for consideration of human and organisational aspects of maintenance programs;
  • regulatory oversight of human and organisational aspects of plant maintenance;
  • regulatory response to maintenance events.

5. Recent trends and their impact on management of maintenance:

  • outsourcing/contractorisation of maintenance activities;
  • implications of multi-skilling or skill broadening in maintenance;
  • implications of changing maintenance intervals.

The workshop comprised a series of sessions commencing with one or more short presented papers (~ 20 minutes) followed by break-out and plenary discussions on the issues which arise. One session on regulatory expectations included short (10-15 minutes) presentations from different countries' regulatory bodies followed by discussion comparing these approaches.

Programme

Monday, October 3

8:30 to 9:00 Registration

 

9:00 to 9:20 Introduction

Welcome workshop participants (NEA, CNSC, UK NII)

Explain objectives of workshop and structure

 

9:20 to 10:30 1.0  Presentations

Documents and guidance to improve maintenance programmes

Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI)


10:30 to 10:50 Break

 

10:50 to 12:30 2.0  Paper presentations

Lessons learnt from maintenance-related events

1.  Preischl, W., Maintenance errors leading to safety relevant notifiable events in German NPPs - Causal factor trends, possibility of precaution improvement, GRS

2.  R. Périnet & J.-M. Rousseau, Periodic tests: a HF analysis of the documentary aspects, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN)

3.  M. Makino, Dominant causal factors for human error during maintenance observed in incident reports, JNES

4. Kari Laakso, Systematic analysis and prevention of human errors and common cause failures in relation to maintenance, VTT Industrial Systems

12:30 to 1:45 Lunch

 

1:45 to 3:15 2.1  Discussion Group

Lessons learnt from maintenance-related events

3:15 to 3:35 Break

 

3:35 to 4:20 2.2  Plenary session

Lessons learnt from maintenance-related events

4:20 to 5:30 3.0  Paper presentations

Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance

1.  I. Lake, Use of the Human Performance Field Simulator “Practising event prevention – Driving culture change”, Pickering A, Ontario Power Generation

2.  J. Mª Lozano & C. A. Rodicio, Guidelines for improving maintenance programs in Almaraz NPP

3.  P. Oedewald, & T. Reiman, Enhancing maintenance personnel's job motivation and organisational effectiveness, VTT Industrial Systems


Tuesday, October 4 

9:00 to 9:40 3.0  Paper Presentations (Cont'd)

Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance

4.   L. Fabjan, Maintenance and shortening the outage time, Institute Jozsef Stefan, Slovenia

5. A. Piirto, P. Paajanen, J.  Kantola, H. Vanharanta, A self-evaluation tool for development of maintenance personnels' competences, TVO Nuclear Services Ltd. & Tampere University of Technology

9:45 to 10:30 3.1  Discussion Group

Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance

10:30 to 10:50 Break

 

10:50 to 11:30 3.1  Discussion Group (Cont'd)

Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance

 

11:35 to 12:10 3.2  Plenary Session

Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance

 

12:10 to 12:30 4.0  Paper Presentations

Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches

1.   B. Hallbert, Developing human performance measures, Idaho National Laboratory

12:30 to 1:45 Lunch

 

 

1:45 to 3:05 4.0  Paper Presentations (Cont'd)

Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches

2.   P.-O. Sandén, A regulatory guidebook on maintenance –Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate

3.   B. Moberger, A Swedish regulatory routine for maintenance inspection –Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate

4.   A. Chockie, Safety-related maintenance contractor activities at nuclear power plants- New challenges for regulatory oversight, Chockie Group International, Inc. USA

3:05 to 3:25 Break

 

 

3:25 to 4:05 4.0  Paper Presentations (Cont'd)

Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches

5.   Y. Tawfik, Maintenance and inspection plan for ETRR-2, Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt

6.   J.-Y. Fiset & H. McRobbie, Using checklists to assess compliance with maintenance procedures, CNSC

4:05 to 5:30 4.1  Short Presentations

Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches – Short presentations by regulatory bodies

Tuesday Evening – Social Event (location to be determined)

Wednesday, October 5

9:00 to 10:30 4.2  Discussion Group

Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches

10:30 to 10:50 Break

 

 

10:50 to 11:30 4.3  Plenary Session

Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches

11:30 to 12:35 5.0  Paper Presentations

Recent trends and their impact on management of maintenance

1.  T. Kuronen & N. Rintala, The prerequisites for successful knowledge sharing in nuclear power plants and what is tacit knowledge in NPP maintenance?, Helsinki University of Technology

2.  T. Reiman, & P. Oedewald, Exploring the effect of organisational changes on the reliability of maintenance, VTT Industrial Systems

3.   E. Nystad, Improved human performance in maintenance by using virtual reality tools: experimental results and future applications, OECD Halden Reactor Project, Institute for Energy Technology

12:35 to 1:50 Lunch

 

 

1:50 to 3:10 5.1  Discussion Group

Recent trends and their impact on management of maintenance

 

3:10 to 3:50 Break

 

 

3:30 to 4:10 5.2  Plenary Session

Recent trends and their impact on management of maintenance

 

4:10 to 5:00 6.0  Conclusions

Summary of workshop

Key messages

Path forward

 

 


Programme


 


8:30 to 9:00 Registration


 


9:00 to 9:20 Introduction


Welcome workshop participants (NEA, CNSC, UK NII)

Explain objectives of workshop and structure

 


9:20 to 10:30 1.0  Presentations


Documents and guidance to improve maintenance programmes

Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI)



10:30 to 10:50 Break


 


10:50 to 12:30 2.0  Paper presentations


Lessons learnt from maintenance-related events

1.  Preischl, W., Maintenance errors leading to safety relevant notifiable events in German NPPs - Causal factor trends, possibility of precaution improvement, GRS

2.  R. Périnet & J.-M. Rousseau, Periodic tests: a HF analysis of the documentary aspects, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN)

3.  M. Makino, Dominant causal factors for human error during maintenance observed in incident reports, JNES

4. Kari Laakso, Systematic analysis and prevention of human errors and common cause failures in relation to maintenance, VTT Industrial Systems


12:30 to 1:45 Lunch


 


1:45 to 3:15 2.1  Discussion Group


Lessons learnt from maintenance-related events


3:15 to 3:35 Break


 


3:35 to 4:20 2.2  Plenary session


Lessons learnt from maintenance-related events


4:20 to 5:30 3.0  Paper presentations


Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance

1.  I. Lake, Use of the Human Performance Field Simulator “Practising event prevention – Driving culture change”, Pickering A, Ontario Power Generation

2.  J. Mª Lozano & C. A. Rodicio, Guidelines for improving maintenance programs in Almaraz NPP

3.  P. Oedewald, & T. Reiman, Enhancing maintenance personnel's job motivation and organisational effectiveness, VTT Industrial Systems


9:00 to 9:40 3.0  Paper Presentations (Cont'd)


Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance

4.   L. Fabjan, Maintenance and shortening the outage time, Institute Jozsef Stefan, Slovenia

5. A. Piirto, P. Paajanen, J.  Kantola, H. Vanharanta, A self-evaluation tool for development of maintenance personnels' competences, TVO Nuclear Services Ltd. & Tampere University of Technology


9:45 to 10:30 3.1  Discussion Group


Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance


10:30 to 10:50 Break


 


10:50 to 11:30 3.1  Discussion Group (Cont'd)


Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance


 


11:35 to 12:10 3.2  Plenary Session


Licensee arrangements for planning, implementing and managing maintenance


 


12:10 to 12:30 4.0  Paper Presentations


Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches

1.   B. Hallbert, Developing human performance measures, Idaho National Laboratory


12:30 to 1:45 Lunch


 


1:45 to 3:05 4.0  Paper Presentations (Cont'd)


Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches

2.   P.-O. Sandén, A regulatory guidebook on maintenance –Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate

3.   B. Moberger, A Swedish regulatory routine for maintenance inspection –Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate

4.   A. Chockie, Safety-related maintenance contractor activities at nuclear power plants- New challenges for regulatory oversight, Chockie Group International, Inc. USA


3:05 to 3:25 Break


 


3:25 to 4:05 4.0  Paper Presentations (Cont'd)


Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches

5.   Y. Tawfik, Maintenance and inspection plan for ETRR-2, Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt

6.   J.-Y. Fiset & H. McRobbie, Using checklists to assess compliance with maintenance procedures, CNSC


4:05 to 5:30 4.1  Short Presentations


Regulatory requirements, concerns and approaches – Short presentations by regulatory bodies



Programme