Achieving New Nuclear
Configuration Management
Presented By:
Ken Barry - EPRI
Lloyd Hancock – LRH Consulting
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EPRI Portfolio Spans the Entire
Electricity Sector
Generation
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Nuclear Power
Advanced Coal Plants,
Carbon Capture and Storage
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Combustion Turbines
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Environmental Controls
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Generation Planning
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Major Component Reliability
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Operations and Maintenance
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Renewables
Power Delivery & Utilization
Advanced Nuclear
Technology
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Chemistry, Low-Level Waste
and Radiation Management
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Grid Operations and Planning
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Distribution
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Energy Utilization
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Cross Cutting Technologies
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Equipment Reliability
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Fuel Reliability
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Instrumentation and Control
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Material Degradation/Aging
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Nondestructive Evaluation
and Material Characterization
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Risk and Safety
Management
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Used Fuel and High-Level
Waste Management
Transmission Lines and
Substations
Environment
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Air Quality
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Global Climate Change
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Land and Groundwater
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Occupational Health and
Safety
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T&D Environmental Issues
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Water and Ecosystems
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Advanced Nuclear Technology (ANT)
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New nuclear power plants must overcome a number of regulatory,
economic, technical, and social challenges prior to becoming a
reality
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Program efforts focused around:
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Facilitating standardization across the new fleet
Transferring technology to new plant designs
Ensuring top plant performance from start of operations
Reduce overall deployment risk and uncertainty
Supporting development of advanced nuclear plants and
associated strategic initiatives
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Achieving New Nuclear Configuration
Management - Tasks
Information Handover Guide
• The Handover Guide published in December 2009 (1019221).
• Developing generic data requirements.
New Nuclear Plant XML Equipment Schemas
• Working with FIATECH, Hydraulic Institute, NIST and vendors to
conduct a pump procurement pilot to determine nuclear specific
fields.
Configuration Management
• CM For New Nuclear published in April 2011 (1022684).
QA for Design and Modeling Software and V&V for Quality
Software
• Quality Control of the 2D / 3D design and modeling software and
other associated databases and software in a commercial grade
dedication method prescribed by NQA-1
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How is the CM process impacted by
leveraging Automation?
Current Generation Nuclear Plants
Physical Plant
Plant
Documentation
Must Conform
As-built information must be accurately reflected on plant documentation.
Next Generation Nuclear Plants
Physical Plant
Data Centric
Automation
Virtual
Plant
Plant
Documentation
Must Conform
As-built information must be accurately entered into the Information
Repository which then produces plant documentation.
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INFORMATION HANDOVER AND
INTEROPERABILITY
Design
Procure
Construct
Startup
Ops
VENDOR
EPC
Data
Exchanges
OWNER/OPERATOR
SUPPLIERS
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DATA INTEROPERABILITY - What is ISO
15926?
A Global Common Model
Owner
Requirements
Owner/Operator
Data Repository
Vendor
Exchange
EPC
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EPRI DESIRED END RESULTS
• One source of controlled data with multiple attributes that
is consumed by multiple applications and changed from
one application.
• Data quality (graded) that can be confidently used by all
levels of applications by specified milestones.
• Data and Document Relationships that will build a design
basis taxonomy to support configuration control of
changes and operability determinations of the plant.
• Ability to manage as-designed, as-specified, as-built, and
as-tested configurations of the plant.
• Access to data and documents via the 2D and 3D Models
• Electronic Delivery of Compliant, “as-built” Information for
Smarter Operation and Maintenance
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EPRI Report 1022684
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SUMMARY
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LEARNING FROM THE PAST
CURRENT CONDITIONS
GOING FORWARD
CM LIFE CYCLE
DEVELOPING THE CM PROGRAM
CM TAXONOMY
REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT
SSC INFORMATION REPOSITORY
CM GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
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LEARNING FROM THE PAST
• CM WAS NOT INITIALLY FACTORED INTO THE
CURRENT GENERATION OF NUCLEAR PLANTS
• UTILITIES DIDN’T UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN REQUIREMENTS, CONFIGURATION
INFORMATION AND THE PHYSICAL PLANT
• CONFIGURATION INFORMATION WAS MOSTLY
DOCUMENT CENTRIC
• EXAMPLES OF CM DISCONNECTS BEGAN TO
APPEAR:
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IE BULLETIN 79-14
SALEM ATWS TRIP BREAKER PROBLEM
DAVIS BESSE LOSS OF FEEDWATER EVENT
MILLSTONE – 10CFR50.54(F)
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CURRENT CONDITIONS
• 10CFR52 INTRODUCES NEW CONCEPTS AND
TERMINOLOGY FOR NEW NUCLEAR FACILITIES
• CERTIFIED DESIGN
• DESIGN CONTROL DOCUMENTS (DCDS)
• COMBINED OPERATING LICENSE APPLICATION
(COLA)
• ITAAC
• OWNER/OPERATORS MUST HAVE CM & QA
PROGRAM IN PLACE AT RECEIPT OF COL
• TECHNOLOGY HAS MOVED AHEAD
• INTEROPERABILITY
• VIRTUAL PLANT
• XML SCHEMAS
• WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT
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GOING FORWARD
• CM PLANNING NEEDS TO BEGIN FROM TIME OF
FACILITY CONCEPTION
• THE OWNER/OPERATOR MUST “CHAMPION” CM BY
DEVELOPING A STRATEGY/PLAN TO DEFINE THE
PROGRAM
• CONFIGURATION INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE
COLLECTED AS SOON AS PRELIMINARY DESIGN
AND SITE STUDIES BEGIN
• REQUIREMENTS NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED AND
HOW/WHERE THEY ARE SATISFIED DOCUMENTED
• THE VIRTUAL PLANT CONCEPT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED
• EXCELLENT TIME TO DEFINE AND DOCUMENT
MARGINS
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VIRTUAL PLANT
A COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION MODEL
Design
Requirements
Physical
Config
ENVIRONMENT FORMED BY COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY CONSISTING OF 2D AND 3D
(DIMENSIONAL), 4D (TIME), 5D (COST), 6D
(MATERIAL) MODELING ALONG WITH DATA,
DATABASES, AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT
SOURCES.
Facility
Config
Info
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CM Life Cycle Diagram
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ESTABLISHING THE CM PROGRAM
• DEFINE THE CM PROGRAM SCOPE
• SSCS
• INFORMATION/DATA
• PROCESSES
• RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERFACES
• DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
• APPLY A GRADED APPROACH
• DEVELOP CM AWARENESS AND TRAINING
• INTEGRATE WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION
PROGRAM
• ESTABLISH PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
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CM TAXONOMY
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REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT
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SSC INFORMATION REPOSITORY
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CM GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
Applicability
NIRMA/ANSI CM 1.0
INPO AP-929
IAEA Safety Report 65
Existing Facilities
Existing Facilities
Primarily Existing Facilities
EPRI TR-1022684
New Builds
Associated with Advanced
Technology; i.e.,
Interoperability, Virtual Plant,
XML Schemas, etc. and
10CFR52 space; i.e., COLA,
DCD, COL, ITAAC, etc.
INPO AP-932
New Builds
Terminology
Standardized basic CM
terminology across the
industry
Similar to NIRMA/ANSI
CM 1.0
Limited to terms used in the
document
CM Program
Guidance on Program
Planning
Addressed as a process
Describes CM Program
attributes & how to set up
program
Detailed guidance on setting
up Program
Graded
Approach
Defined and mentioned,
but not described
Defined and mentioned,
but not described
Only mentioned in terms of
information management
Provides detailed process and
data-centric graded approach Not mentioned
descriptions/examples
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 Establishes 3 ball
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model
Fundamentals
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Restoration
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Uses 3 ball model
Detailed description of
equilibrium
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restoration
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Detailed Explanation
of Design Basis
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Detailed explanation
of Design Margins
Plant Modification
Process Description/
Flowchart
Covered in Equilibrium
Restoration and Mod
process
Covered in Equilibrium
Restoration and Mod
process
Uses 3 ball model
Detailed description of
equilibrium restoration
Discusses Human
Factors and Knowledge
Management (KM)
Called Facility Configuration
Documents
Information
Provides FCI guidance
Requirements
Described
CM
Assessments
Discussed
Not addressed
CM PIs &
Health Report
Mentions CM PIs &
Health Report
Detailed discussion of PIs Detailed discussion of PIs
CM Awareness
Described in broad terms Not addressed
& Training
Described in detail
Described in detail
Discussed in terms of
Human Performance & KM
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Minimal definitions
Describes CM Program
attributes
Adds Virtual Plant to 3 ball
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model
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Describes CM Life Cycle
from conception to
decommissioning
Defines CM Taxonomy
Discusses 3D Model
Describes data
integration and
defining data
relationships/ linkages
Establishes SSC Information
Repository and controls
Described in terms of
process flowchart
Detailed guidance on
identifying & managing
requirements
Discussed throughout, but not
in a topical area
Included as CM Program
Attribute and in process
flowchart
Not addressed in detail
Not addressed
Described in broad terms
Included as CM Program
Attribute
Not addressed
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