1. Jim Powers - Director, Fleet Engineering
- Welcome -
CMBG Conference
Challenges We Face
Jim Powers - Director, Fleet Engineering

2. First Challenge: Attain Consistent and Improving Plant Performance
CM Infrastructure is the Key:
License and Design Basis  Knowledge
Retrievability
Maintenance
Work Control Process  Efficiency
Historical learning
Asset information
Key technical characteristics
Operational Controls  Execution
Safe & reliable plant operation and surveillance
Procedures are the repository of our experience

3. Second Challenge: Design Basis Margin Management
New Inspection Techniques Coming:
Risk-Based Component Selection
PSA used to determine sample component population
Components selected based on potential for low margin
Drill-down into design basis and implementation procedures
Look for margin shortfalls (Margin Management Programs?)
Risk-Based Operator Action Selection
Key actions credited in PSA event sequences
Do timeframes and configuration match analytical bases
Adequacy of assumptions, procedures and training
INPO orientation to parallel approach

4. Third Challenge: Control of Vendor Quality
How Dependent Are We on Vendor Support:
Vendor Manual Control Programs
Input to maintenance procedures and work orders
How do we maintain vendor process info up-to-date
Is the information readily available - electronically
Maintenance Procedure Technical Content
Are critical dimensions and attributes captured
Are work steps clear with accountability for each step
Adequacy of training - produce the right configuration!
Acknowledging the Vendor Business Environment
Knowing what to ask without becoming the expert
Making opportunities to capture the NSSS design basis

5. Fourth Challenge: The New Generation in Nuclear
Capturing and Sharing Our Knowledge:
Information Infrastructure for the Future
Document hierarchy and mapping
Design Basis Documents - how’s their health?
USAR fidelity and searchability
Is the information readily available - electronically
Sharing What We’ve Learned
Innovations in training - the point system at Davis-Besse
Aggressively developing the entry-level worker
Sharing our need for truth and accuracy
The Automatic Process - Electronic Design Changes