Nuclear Power Plant Configuration Management International Activities

1. Nuclear Power Plant Configuration ManagementInternational Activities Presented By: Rick Harris Duke Power - McGuire Nuclear Station 8th Configuration Management Benchmarking Conference October 29 – 31, 2001 Raleigh, NC

2. International Activities Summary Activities sponsored by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): • IAEA Configuration Management Guideline • CM Workshops in Asia & Russia • Relevant Activities in Eastern Europe

3. International Activities Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Asia South America Africa World Nuclear Plants Under Construction Operating

4. International Activities IAEA Configuration Management GuidelineSchedule for Guideline Development • Sponsored by IAEA Division of Nuclear Power and Division of Nuclear Installation Safety • First draft in 1999 • Advisory Group Meeting- June 2000 • Independent Reviews in 2000 • Scheduled to be issued October 2001

5. Consultants þ þ þ þ þ Advisory Group þ þ þ þ þ þ þ • USA • Czech Republic • Germany • Spain • France • China • South Korea chaired by Brian Grimes - US NRC, retired International Activities IAEA Configuration Management GuidelineContributors to Drafting and Review Reviewers þ

6. International Activities IAEA Configuration Management GuidelineGuideline divided into two sections Guideline Annexes

7. International Activities IAEA Configuration Management GuidelineTable of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and Reasons for this Guideline (including discussion of risk factors) 1.2. Present Situation and Reasons for a Plant Configuration Management Program 1.3. Scope and Structure of this Guideline 2. Plant Configuration Management Program 2.1 General Principles of a Configuration Management Program 2.2 Advantages and Challenges of an Effective Configuration Management Program 2.3 The Configuration Management Process 2.4 Design Requirements 2.5 Documentation, Maintenance, and Reconstitution of Design Information 2.6 Operational Configuration 2.7 Change Control Process 3. Process for Improving the Existing Configuration Management Program 3.1 Principles of Improvement 3.2 Description of the Improvement Process 3.3 Assessing the Existing Processes and Documentation 3.4 Implementation Issues

8. Design Requirements International Activities IAEA Configuration Management GuidelineGeneral Principles Must Conform MustConform Facility Configuration Information What is required to be there Design Information Physical (including Operational) Configuration Operational Configuration Information Other Operating Maintenance, Training & Procurement Information Must Conform What is there • Work Processes must assure that: • Elements conform all of the time • All changes are authorized • Conformance can be verified What we say is there

9. International Activities IAEA Configuration Management GuidelineAnnexes Annex A Terminology and Abbreviations Annex B Assessments Annex C Examples of Top Management Configuration Management Policy and Direction Annex D Development of Methods and Tools for CM (computer and non-computer systems) Annex E References Annex F Design Bases Considerations Annex G Design Document Reconstitution Program Annex H Setting Priorities and Structuring of Existing Documentation Annex I Samples of “Good Practices” Annex J Summary of findings from IAEA OSART missions and follow-up visits related to configuration management Annex K Contributors to Drafting and Review

10. International Activities IAEA Configuration Management GuidelineKey Issues • Linking operational configuration to design configuration • Assessing your CM program • Reconstitution of Design Information • Erosion of organization knowledge through attrition and personnel migration • Turnover of organizational knowledge

11. International Activities IAEA Workshops Configuration Management Workshops Sponsored by International Atomic Energy Agency Requested by host utilities • Korea - December 2000 • Russia - March 2001 • China - April 2001 • India - January 2002 • Pakistan - early 2002

12. International Activities IAEA Workshops • Regional Workshop - Pusan, Korea December 4-8, 2000 • “Configuration Management and Managing Safety During Outages” • Attendees from Korea, China, India and Pakistan • Instructors:Bertil Hansson, IAEAPeter Anderson, United KingdomRick Harris, USAGreg Maret, USA

13. International Activities IAEA Workshops • Workshop - Moscow, Russia March 26-30, 2001 • “Licensing of Modifications and Configuration Management” • Attendees from the Institute of Nuclear Power Plant Operations (VNIIAES), Rosenergoatom, and 8 Russian nuclear stations • Instructors:Bertil Hansson, IAEAPovilas Vaisnys, IAEAPeter Anderson, United KingdomRick Harris, USA

14. International Activities IAEA Workshops • CM Workshop - Haiyan, China April 23-27, 2001“Configuration Management and Managing Safety During Outages” • Attendees from each of China's nuclear power plantsQinshan 1 Daya Bay 1&2Qinshan 2 & 3 Ling Ao 1 & 2 Qinshan 4 & 5 Lianyungang 1 & 2) • Instructors:Bertil Hansson, IAEAPeter Anderson, United KingdomRick Harris, USA

15. International Activities IAEA Workshops Future workshops planned for: • India • Pakistan

16. International Activities Some CM Activities in Eastern Europe • CM presentation at international conference “Nuclear Option In Countries With Small And Medium Electricity Grids” - Dubronvik, Croatia, June 2000 • Ongoing CM activities - Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine • IAEA Regional program “Design Basis Management for WWER 1000” - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine

17. International Activities Some CM Activities in Eastern Europe CM Conference - Slovenia, November 2001 Topics: • completeness and level of the plant documentation • role and availability of the original designers • electronic tools used for the plant databases and CM • Design Basis Documents • modification control system