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Hal Hess: The Unsung Hero Among Us

WANO & the Nuclear Society of Russia

THE MAGAZ INE OF THE WORLD ASSOC IAT ION OF NUCLEAR OPERATORS

A spotlight on WANO programmes Feature 12

Sound safety culture at Indian nuclear power plants From the top 11

Mutually beneficial cooperation between WANO and Nuclear Society of Russia Member story 8

WANO revised Performance Objectives & Criteria (PO&Cs) Feature 7

Hal Hess: the unsung hero among us People story 4

A year of change Managing Director’s editorial 3

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contentsEDITORKatie Bailey - WANO LondonEmail: [email protected]

EDITORIAL BOARDKen Ellis - Managing DirectorDave Farr - Director ACMikhail Chudakov - Director MCIgnacio Araluce - Director PCHarunobu Shirayanagi - Director TC

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As this is my first Inside WANO editorial,please allow me to introduce myself.My name is Ken Ellis and I stepped

into the position of Managing Director of theWorld Association of Nuclear Operators inApril of this year, replacing George Felgate.

I am originally from Ontario, Canada, andmy career in nuclear has included 31 years atBruce Power where I held several seniorpositions including Bruce B Chief NuclearOfficer, Station Vice President, Chief Engineer& Vice President Engineering and VicePresident Maintenance. Prior to this, I spenttwo years in France as the Ontario HydroLiaison Engineer to Électricité de France andfour years as an Aerospace Engineer with theCanadian Armed Forces. I hold a degree inMechanical Engineering from the Royal MilitaryCollege of Canada and am a registeredProfessional Engineer of Ontario.

With the appointment of a new WANOchairman, president and managing director,2013 has certainly been a year of change.Jacques Regaldo succeeded Laurent Stricker asWANO Chairman in March 2013 and DuncanHawthorne, President and CEO of BrucePower, was voted to succeed Vladimir Asmolovas WANO President, at the ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting, held at the BGM in Moscow,Russia, at which I had the great pleasure ofmeeting some of you.

Within the London Office, there have beensignificant changes in the past six months,including a structural reorganisation andsuccessful hiring campaign which has almostdoubled our staff. We have welcomed twoprogramme directors, David Crabtree andWade Green for Peer Review and Professional& Technical Development, respectively. I amalso delighted to announce the promotion ofClaire Newell from Communications Managerto Communications Director.

Looking ahead to 2014, there are many new exciting developments underway. We arepreparing for the implementation of the newPerformance Objectives and Criteria (PO&Cs),which come into force from 1 January; we will celebrate WANO’s 25 year anniversary of global leadership in nuclear safety in May; and I look forward to participating in nextyear’s Site Vice President and Plant Manager’sConference which is planned for September2014 in Dusseldorf.

Further information on the new PO&Cs andthe exciting developments of the Inside WANOredesign, due to be launched in March 2014,can be found in this issue, as well as a tributeto Hal Hess who retired from the WANOAtlanta Centre earlier this year; a story of theNuclear Society of Russia’s relationship withWANO; an article from NPCIL about the safetyculture of Indian power plants; and a featurefocussing on three of WANO’s programmesand the directors of those programmes.

MD’s editorial

A year of

WANO ManagingDirector, Ken Ellis,looks back on 2013and to the excitingyear ahead

“With theappointment of a

new WANOmanaging director,

chairman andpresident, 2013 has

certainly been a yearof change”

Ken Ellis, Managing Director, WANO

change

Ken Ellis, Managing Director, WANO

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people story

“Hal remains held inhigh esteem within theindustry for his wealthof knowledge in workmanagement. He wasconsidered an expert

on the topic.”Tom Polito,

Manager of WANO Atlanta CentreProgrammes

S ome describe Hal Hess as an unsunghero when it comes to his contributionsto work management. That is just one

of many accomplishments noted by hiscolleagues upon his retirement in April 2013.Overall, Hess has more than 46 years ofexperience in the nuclear industry, including 30 years with the Institute of Nuclear PowerOperations (INPO) and the World Associationof Nuclear Operators (WANO).

Hess started working in the maintenancedepartment of INPO in January 1983. Duringhis tenure he worked in the areas of workmanagement and improving equipmentreliability, achieving a professional engineerslicense and also attaining a senior reactoroperator certification through Westinghouse.

“Upon completing certification, I went to Fort Calhoun in Nebraska on my firstsecondment,” said Hess. “While there, I worked on putting their outage together and developed an outage infrastructure which,until that time, hadn’t existed.” This served asthe beginning of his passion toward addingstructure and improving work processes.

“He was a big part of theperformance improvementimplemented at the OntarioPower Generation stations.”

Hess also completed secondments at twoother U.S. plants, Oyster Creek and Cooper, as well as a two-year assignment with OntarioPower Generation as director of workmanagement for corporate.

“Hal’s passion was work control, workmanagement and improving the way peopleaccomplished their work,” said Tom Polito,Manager of WANO Atlanta Centre Programmes.“He remains held in high esteem within theindustry for his wealth of knowledge in workmanagement. He was considered an expert on the topic.”

Hal Hess:

Hess began that journey when he led INPO in its effort to standardise workmanagement processes in the mid-1990s. He was instrumental in the development of the Work Management Process Description,known in INPO as AP-928 and in WANO as GP ATL-11-006. Designed to facilitate safe andreliable equipment operation, these guidelineswere the first of a kind and are considered the definitive source of work managementthroughout the nuclear industry, bothnationally and internationally.

“Prior to AP-928, work management wasessentially conducted on an ad hoc basis,” said Hess. “Developing AP-928 has proved very useful in helping to raise awareness of theimportance of a good disciplined process forgetting work done and, most importantly, inproviding the framework for managing risk.”

“He really loved his work. He especially liked helping people and it showed.”

Hess’s personal dedication and commitmenttoward pursuing work managementimprovement also carried over to theinternational community. In 2005, Hess joinedthe WANO Atlanta Centre as a technicalmanager in the performance improvement

the unsung hero among usOyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant

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After his retirement inApril 2013, following30 years at INPO andthe WANO AtlantaCentre, we look back atwhat makes Hal Hessan “unsung hero”

department. Most recently, he served as theWANO station representative for the ChalkRiver National Research Universal Reactor andPoint Lepreau Generating Station – bothlocated in Canada.

One of the things Hess said he personallyfound rewarding through his work at WANOwas the opportunity to adopt a much morehands-on approach with the plants. “I reallyenjoyed taking on an advisor role and assistingthe plants in solving issues”, said Hess. “I worked with the managers who owned theissue and also with the next level down wherestaff worked to help develop solutions andimplement them.”

“He made a personalcommitment to learn abouthuman performance and thetools people need to improve the work they do.”

Pierre Tremblay, Deputy Chief Nuclear Officerat Ontario Power Generation, spoke highly ofHess’s assistance. “He was a big part of theperformance improvement implemented at the Ontario Power Generation stations,” saidTremblay. “Much of what he had a hand inwhile here on secondment ultimately led theDarlington plant to its recent performance of excellence. He was every bit a part of thatachievement and should have a lot of pride in our improvement.”

“A strength Hess brought to the table washis uncanny ability to take a very complexprogramme, process or issue and communicateit in a very understandable fashion,” said Polito.“He truly understood the nuts and bolts of howto physically maintain equipment and couldconvey it to all levels of an organisation.”

Roger Spinnato, INPO Director ofInternational Division agreed, “Hal had a goodway of talking with workers and getting themto discuss problems; always getting to theissues very succinctly. He really loved his work.He especially liked helping people and itshowed.”

Spinnato shared that Hess conducted atechnical review mission several years ago atthe Kaiga station in India, which focused onsingle-point vulnerabilities. “To this day, thatchief nuclear officer gives high praise to thework Hal did and characterises it as one of the most impactful reviews they ever had. The learning from the review was also sharedwith all of the nuclear units in India.”

Spinnato notes the commitment and dedicationHess had toward nuclear safety. “He made apersonal commitment to learn about humanperformance and the tools people need toimprove the work they do. It impacts how he is able to communicate to plant workers andhow he was able to offer them tools to maketheir jobs easier and more efficient.”

“As is so typical of Hal, he took a veryhands-on approach in the area of human

Hess has more than 46 years of experience in the nuclear industry

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performance as well,” added Greg Kassner,Manager of WANO Atlanta Centre PlantPerformance. “For example, he took theinitiative to help several of our members inCanada set up dynamic learning simulators,write scenarios and lead initial training sessionsto strengthen their use of human performance.”

“Nuclear Safety influenceseverything we do. That’s why it’s important… every day, every time, all the time!”

His colleagues also noted that Hess has agreat sense of humour, but also praised himfor his candidness in identifying and resolvingissues. “What we do for a living is seriousbusiness, but Hal found a way to balancethat,” added Tremblay. “You don’t always have to be sombre.”

Noting the importance of balancing workand home, Hal made it a point to have funoutside of work as well. Though he may notlook the part, he is an avid guitar player,putting his musical talents to use as a memberof the INPO Glad to Have a Day Job band.When he wanted a change of scene, he tookto his Harley motorcycle and shared rides with plant personnel in the wilds of NewBrunswick, Canada.

Over the course of his career, Hessparticipated in more than 80 INPO plantevaluations and WANO peer reviews. However,he points to one defining moment in his careerthat changed him and his view of nuclearpower forever… Chernobyl.

“It wasn’t until that event that I trulyunderstood the importance of nuclear safety,”said Hess. “I didn’t really understand howimportant it was to focus on the details ofwhat we do. I thought we come to work, tryto do our job well, go home, and it would beokay. That’s what the workers at Chernobyltried to do, but it wasn’t okay. Lives were lost and the impact was lasting.

Nuclear safety influences everything we do. That’s why it’s important… every day, every time, all the time!”

And that is why Hal Hess is an unsung hero.

Hal Hess retired in April 2013

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WANO Revised Performance Objectives and Criteria

The new WANOPO&Cs will come intoforce in January 2014.Here we cover someof the frequentlyasked questions

“The design ofthe new PO&C

gives WANO theopportunity to

improve thequality of peerreviews and to

improve themessages provided

to the stationsduring the peer

review process.”

David Crabtree, WANO Peer Review Programme

Director

The revised WANO Performance Objectivesand Criteria (PO&Cs) will come into force in January 2014. Here, we cover some

frequently asked questions (FAQs). For the full list,visit the member website where you can also findthe new PO&Cs document, the cover letter and arevision bases summary document which describesthe changes made between the 2005 and 2013revisions.

■ Why has the PO&Cs document beenrevised? To keep the document updated withchanges in our industry and to incorporatelessons learned from operating experience,such as those documented in SOERs relating to the Fukushima event. In this case, it hasbeen nearly eight years since the last version.

■ When does the new PO&Cs documentbecome effective? The new PO&Cs will beeffective beginning with peer reviews with theteam on-site period occurring after 1 January2014.

■ What is expected of industry membersregarding the new PO&Cs? All membersshould aim to meet the performance objectivesarticulated in the PO&Cs. Since the PO&Cs arereviewed during the peer review process, nospecific written response is required of members,although stations and members may find value in performing a gap analysis to the new PO&C orusing them in planned self-assessment activities.

■ How were the revisions determined and agreed upon? The process involvedcomprehensive review of materials issued since 2005, including WANO and industrydocuments, operating experience reports andareas for improvement from past peer reviews.Additionally, preliminary lessons from theaccident at Fukushima Daiichi were addressed.Each regional centre participated in thedevelopment process and had the opportunityto provide comments and recommendations.The director of each WANO regional centreapproved the final draft and the ManagingDirector then approved the document.

■ Why is there a new section forFoundations? The Foundations section is anew addition to the PO&Cs and consists oftwo performance objectives intended to reflecta set of fundamental behaviours of all nuclearworkers, regardless of their positions in theorganisation. These objectives cover thenecessary attributes of a nuclear professionaland describe leadership behaviours.

■ How does the new PO&Cs document align with the new industry Nuclear SafetyCulture Traits document? A new WANOPrinciple, PL 2013-1, Traits of a Healthy Nuclear Safety Culture, has been developed in conjunction with the revised PO&Cs to allowfor the ten traits from the new safety culturedocument to be included in the performanceobjective SC.1. The effective date ofimplementation of the traits document is 1 January 2014.

■ Will the peer review process changebecause of the new PO&Cs? No substantialchanges are anticipated to the currentelements of the evaluation process and theprinciples that underpin the process. Teamcomposition may be altered slightly to alignwith the new PO&C structure, and new How-To documents for reviewing eachperformance objective are under development.

■ Why were the Corporate Peer ReviewPO&Cs incorporated into the new PO&Cs?The two sets of PO&Cs were combined tosimplify the documents used to review theperformance of nuclear power stations andtheir corporations.

For a copy of the PO&Cs and the full FAQ listplease visit the member website.

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“I trust that ourcooperation has great

potential, which can beguaranteed by the

higher involvement ofour young talented

successors.” Sergey Kushnarev,

Executive Vice-President of theNuclear Society of Russia

Mutually beneficial cooperation between WANO and Nuclear Society

T he Nuclear Society of Russia (NS ofRussia) was founded in April 1989 and the World Association of Nuclear

Operators (WANO) in May of the same year.Although it would seem that these two non-government professional organisations,pursuing a common objective of developingsafe nuclear industry, were destined tocooperate closely and actively, the first officialdocument on cooperation was signed just thisyear, on 30 April 2013, during the preparationfor the WANO Biennial General Meeting (BGM) in Moscow.

The letter of intent was signed by Mr.Vladimir Asmolov and Mr. Nikolay Sorokin,who served at that time as WANO Presidentand President of the NS of Russia, respectively,and states that these organisations, carryingout their authorised purposes and tasks, willaim in every possible way to developcooperation and promote the strengthening ofnuclear safety on an international level. It alsostates that these organisations will undertakejoint efforts to involve young professionals inthe activities dedicated to the development of nuclear power. The NS of Russia primarilyhas individuals as its members; for example,scientists, specialists in production, operationand management, and teachers and studentseither working or studying in the nuclearenergy field. The NS of Russia is anorganisation that can hold a professionaldialogue with any level of authority and “non-specialist” public sector, as well asdiscuss, within its professional environment,topical issues concerning the use of nuclearenergy; for example, nuclear power, nuclearnon-proliferation and education.

As a professional who has addressed issuesrelating to nuclear energy and its publicacceptability for about 25 years, I can share my assessment of this event and view on theprospects for our cooperation with WANO. I have been at the headquarters of the NS of Russia since its foundation. In late 1988,

I was appointed executive secretary of the organising committee working group for the establishment of the NS of Russia.

I am well acquainted with the nuclearindustry of Russia. I graduated from theMoscow Engineering and Physics Institute,renowned among nuclear experts; was lucky to become a young specialist and work on my diploma at the famous Kurchatov Institutewhen it was led by Anatoly Alexandrov,President of the USSR Academy of Sciences;was entrusted with the position of executiveofficer in the headquarters of the RF Ministryof Atomic Energy; and was a member of theBoard of the Ministry of Atomic Energy ofRussia from 2000 to 2001.

I am also conversant with non-governmentalactivity in our country. I was elected a memberof the RF Civic Chamber Council of the first2005-2007 convocation; chairman of theCommittee of the RF Civic Chamber forinnovations, high-tech scientific andengineering projects; and a member of thepublic councils under a number of ministriesand agencies. I am pleased to have personallymet members of the NS of Russia, distinguishedRussian atomic scientists including thefounders of the Russian nuclear industry(Anatoly Alexandrov and his colleagues fromthe Kurchatov Institute, Evgeniy Ignatenko,Boris Antonov, Armen Abagyan); directors of

Young Generation Round Table at the WANO BGM

of Russia

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Sergey Kushnarev,Executive Vice-Presidentof the Nuclear Societyof Russia, assesses theprospects for themutually beneficialcooperation betweenWANO and NSR

Russian nuclear power plants, such as AnatolyYeperin, Vladimir Fuks, Vladimir Bronnikov,Vladimir Shkolnik, Oleg Saraev, StanislavAntipov, Alexander Lokshin, Pavel Ipatov; andmanagers of many national and internationalnon-governmental and public nuclearorganisations, whose experience is beneficial to me.

I think the Chernobyl accident gave impetusin the late 1980s and early 1990s to establish a lot of new non-governmental professionalnuclear organisations. On 27 June 2004, whilespeaking at the IAEA conference dedicated tothe 50th anniversary of the nuclear industry (in1954, Obninsk became the first nuclear powerplant to start generating power), Oleg Saraev,former WANO President and Director Generalof Rosenergoatom, noted: “Now the time hascome to extend the cooperation betweenWANO and other “nuclear” organisations –IAEA, national nuclear societies, etc.”.

The Fukushima accident that happened inthe awoken nuclear renaissance called for therethinking and reforming of these professionalorganisations, and reinforced the need forcooperation based on common interests and objectives. Over the last few years, theWANO London Office and Moscow Centrerepresentatives have been participating in a series of events under the auspices of the NS of Russia.

Young generation initiativesThis year, the initiative launched by JSCConcern Rosenergatom and WANO to involvethe young generation in the BGM has beenwelcomed. Fifty-nine high-potential younggeneration representatives of a wide range ofthe youth nuclear communities, including theInternational Youth Nuclear Congress whichwas founded in late 1999 on the initiative ofthe youth department of the NS of Russia andwith the active support of the NS of Russia and European Nuclear Society, participated in the WANO BGM in Moscow. This provided a unique opportunity to involve the younggeneration practically in WANO activities. The WANO Moscow Centre youth delegation,composed of representatives from all 10operating Russian NPPs, actively participated.On 20 May, in parallel with the closed CEOsession, there was a young generation roundtable arranged by WANO and NS of Russia,Programme for Nuclear Power Development:how to increase the involvement of youngspecialists.

Round table discussionsThe round table has become a first joint step in the implementation of the letter of intentbetween the WANO and NS of Russia. Opendiscussion at the round table demonstratedthat it would be reasonable to establish, under the WANO flag, a professional youthorganisation for nuclear operators to activelyinvolve them into the accomplishment of theWANO objectives and formulation of newones. For many years, the NS of Russia hasbeen concentrating its efforts on young

Round Table at the WANO BGM, Moscow, Russia

George Felgate at a conference of the NS of Russia

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cooperation, and the relevant authority of WANO and its Moscow Centre.

I trust that our cooperation has greatpotential, which can be guaranteed by thehigher involvement of our young talentedsuccessors. I often refer the youth of the NS of Russia to what Igor Kurchatov, academicianand founder of our nuclear power, said:“Pursue only the most vital goals in your careerand life, otherwise the undertakings of lessimportance, no matter how needed they are,will take all of your time, all of your efforts,and prevent you from reaching these goals”.

Young generation visit to Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant

nuclear experts and is ready to continue theseefforts together with WANO. Immediately afterthe BGM, on 22 to 24 May 2013, a tour wasarranged by WANO and NS of Russia, jointlywith the Nuclear Society of Finland and withthe support of Rosenergoatom and FORTUMCorporation, to bring together the youngprofessionals of Russian and Finnish NPPs.

Looking to the futureWith the sharing of experience among theyoung nuclear specialists of various countrieshaving an exclusively positive effect on thesafety of nuclear power worldwide, thistechnical tour aroused great interest amongthe participants.

The following year will witness the 25thanniversary of the founding of NS of Russiaand WANO, and the 60th anniversary of thenuclear industry; and I hope that we will beable to take the next step towards ourcooperation. Yaroslav Shtrombah (KurchatovInstitute), President of the NS of Russia from2013 through 2015, and Andrey Salnikov(Rostov NPP), Vice-president of the NS ofRussia for nuclear power, believe that it isimportant that joint activities should bearranged in a consistent manner, which will bein the purview of the task force of the NS ofRussia for international scientific and technical

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from the top

Sound safety culture at Indian nuclear

K. C. Purohitdescribes the risingtrends of nuclearpower generation inIndia

“Thecooperation

with WANO hasbeen beneficial in

learning frominternational best

practices andprogrammes.”

K. C. Purohit, Chairman andManaging Director, NPCIL

T he Nuclear Power Corporation of IndiaLimited (NPCIL) is a Public Sector Enterpriseunder the Department of Atomic Energy

(DAE), Government of India. The company wasincorporated as a Public Limited Company inSeptember 1987 with the objective of operatingatomic power stations and implementing theatomic power projects for generation of electricityin pursuance of the schemes and programmes ofthe Government of India.

NPCIL is responsible for the design, construction,commissioning and operation of nuclear powerreactors, and is currently operating 20 nuclearpower reactors with an installed capacity of4,780MW. The reactor fleet comprises of twoboiling water reactors (BWRs) and eighteenpressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs),including one 100MW PHWR at Rajasthan whichis owned by DAE, Government of India. NPCIL hassix reactors under various stages of constructiontotalling 4,800MW capacity out of which onereactor of 1000MW capacity, at Kudankulam,attained criticality on 13 July 2013. New launchesfor PHWRs and LWRs are also being taken up.

To sustain the growth of nuclear power, publicacceptance is a factor of extreme importance. Inorder to work towards public acceptance, we haveto outreach extensively and widely publicise thebenefits of nuclear power at all levels of society.

NPCIL and WANOIn our experience, WANO peer reviews haveproven very useful in improving the safety andreliability of our nuclear power plants. Theparticipants bring together knowledge andexperience of operating plants across the globe,and make an objective assessment of theoperation of the reviewed plant against the best international practices.

Similarly, we have found that the WANO goodpractice reports, developed as part of the WANOTechnical Support and Exchange programme, arevery effective in enhancing the performance of the nuclear power plant by learning from the best practices of others.

power plantsOperating Units and Units Under ConstructionThe operating nuclear power units are:■ Tarapur Atomic Power Station units 1 & 2

(2x160 MW BWRs)■ Tarapur Atomic Power Station units 3 & 4

(2x540 MW PHWRs)■ Rajasthan Atomic Power Station units 1 to 6

(100 MW, 200 MW and 4x220 MW PHWRs)■ Madras Atomic Power Station units 1 & 2

(2x220 MW PHWRs)■ Narora Atomic Power Station units 1 & 2

(2x220 MW PHWRs)■ Kakrapar Atomic Station units 1 & 2

(2x220 MW PHWRs)■ Kaiga Generating Station units 1 to 4

(4x220 MW PHWRs)

The units under construction are:■ Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project units 1 & 2

(2x1000 MW VVERs)*■ Kakrapar Atomic Power Project units 3 & 4

(2x700 MW PHWRs)■ Rajasthan Atomic Power Project units 7 & 8

(2x700 MW PHWRs)* Unit 1 of KKNPP attained criticality on 13 July 2013

In addition, NPCIL has a 10MW wind farm operatingat the Kudankulam site.

The WANO Operating Experience programmealso enables learning from global experience.NPCIL units engage in sharing of operatingexperience not only among each other, but also globally under this programme.

In order to fulfil our mission, “To developnuclear power technology and to produce nuclearpower as a safe, environmentally benign and aneconomically viable source of electrical energy to meet the increasing electricity needs of thecountry”, NPCIL takes advantage of WANOprogrammes which provide valuable resources and support to its members.

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WANO offers its members a series ofhigh-quality products and servicesthrough four main programmes:

Operating Experience, Peer Reviews, TechnicalSupport & Exchange and Professional &Technical Development.

The last issue of Inside WANO looked at the Operating Experience programme.

T he P&TD programme provides a forum for WANO members to enhance their

professional knowledge and skills. Specificactivities include workshops, conferences,seminars, expert meetings and trainingcourses, which enable members from allregions to compare their operations andemulate best practices.

Each activity focuses on improving plantperformance in areas such as operations,maintenance and engineering.

Meet the Programme DirectorWade joined the WANO London Office in September 2013, from Eagle HarborConsulting in Washington, USA. Wade spent24 years at INPO and held various positions,including team leader on numerous peerreviews for the WANO regional centres inAtlanta, Paris and Tokyo. He was the trainingmanager at Trojan NPP and ran the INPOSenior Nuclear Plant Managers course. He also performed startup testing for GeneralElectric at five new plants in three countries.

Wade has a Master’s Degree in NuclearEngineering and a boiling water reactor (BWR)senior reactor operator (SRO) certification.

What inspired you to apply for thisposition at the WANO London Office?I had worked with WANO previously, includingtwo years in the Paris Centre. I found it to bevery rewarding due to the diversity of the staffand the openness of our members. You couldactually see the positive effects of our effortsat the sites. In the wake of recent events, therole of WANO seems more vital than ever.

What do you see as your main challengesin this role?P&TD has not had a full-time programmedirector until now, so I need to work with theregional centres to develop an overall strategygoing forward. Training needs additionalemphasis since there were training aspects tonot only the Fukushima event, but also ThreeMile Island and Chernobyl. We need to drivethis change. Training varies considerablybetween countries and utilities; I would like tohelp identify solutions to those problems andshare them with our members. We also needto improve training for WANO personnel so we can carry out our mission more effectively.

What are your aims and objectives overthe coming years?To establish an overall strategy for P&TD and to work with the regional centres inimplementing that strategy. We have to get all the centres to work together as a team.

Here, we look at the remaining threeprogrammes and meet each of their directors.

For more information on WANO and itsprogrammes, please go to www.wano.infoand download our This is WANO factsheets.

A spotlight on WANO

programmes

Professional & Technical Development (P&TD) Programme Overview

Wade Green, Professional & TechnicalDevelopment Programme Director

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Inside WANO takes acloser look at three ofWANO’s programmesand the directorsleading them

This programme consists of four distinctactivities:

1. Technical Support Missions(TSMs)

Provide a means for WANO members to assisteach other in addressing identified issues orproblems. A team of peers is selected on thebasis of their expertise, to review issuesidentified during peer reviews and findpotential solutions.

2. Performance IndicatorsProvide a method for members to assess the performance of their plants against aninternational benchmark. Worldwide referencetargets have been established to promote longterm improvement.

3. Principles, Guidelines andGood Practices

Help members achieve excellent performancein specific functional and important cross-functional areas. They can be used to reviewexisting programmes; develop newprogrammes and corrective actions to tackleidentified weaknesses; and to monitor theadequacy of corporate policies and plantpractices.

4. Operator ExchangesRefers to any information exchanged directlybetween operators with the purpose ofincreasing the safety and reliability of nuclearpower plants. These include operator exchangevisits, communication through the WANOwebsite, exchange of documentation,personnel and any other exchange and/or co-operation between operating organisations.

Meet the Programme DirectorPrior to joining the WANO London Office inDecember 2012, Jukka worked for Finnishcompany, Fortum, leading the development of the operations and maintenance area of the company’s governance model for partiallyowned nuclear assets.

He also worked as the corporate electricalsafety manager and was a member of theoperations and maintenance process board.Prior to this, Jukka was the Electrical andInformation & Control Maintenance Managerat Loviisa NPP.

What inspired you to apply for asecondment to the WANO London Office?Prior to joining WANO, I worked on thegovernance model of partially owned nuclearassets and our goal was to develop methods to support our fleet and their governors inachieving their goals. When I was asked if Iwas interested in the position of TS&E Directorat WANO, it seemed a natural continuation to extend the scope of my work.

What do you see as your challenges in this role?Being able to consolidate all of the knowledgeand potential available within WANO and itsmembers, in order to produce products in theTSE programme; such as TSMs, good practicesand guidelines. We need to communicateclearly and seek out all opportunities availableto work together.

What are your aims and objectives over the coming years?To ensure that all members are able to accessthe support provided by WANO to improvetheir performance. We need to continuebuilding the infrastructure to enable WANOLondon and all RCs to support each other.

Technical Support & Exchange (TS&E) Programme Overview

Jukka Paivarinta, Technical Support & ExchangeProgramme Director

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M embers emulate the best internationalstandards in operational performance

through peer reviews. Peer reviews helpmembers compare their operationalperformance against standards of excellencethrough an in-depth, objective review of theiroperations by an independent team fromoutside their organisation. The result is a frankreport that highlights strengths and areas forimprovement in nuclear safety and plantreliability.

The Peer Review programme provides anopportunity for members to learn and shareworldwide insights on safe and reliable plantoperation and thereby improve their ownperformance. The same principles extend tocompanies as well as stations, in the form of the corporate peer review.

Post-Fukushima, WANO is moving towards a four year frequency for peer reviews, with a follow-up at the two year point. WANO isalso working with other organisations such as INPO, IAEA and JANSI to determine whatother reviews can be judged as equivalent to WANO Peer Reviews.

Since 1992, WANO has conducted over 500 operating station peer reviews in 31countries/areas, including at least one at every WANO member station.

Meet the Programme DirectorDavid has spent eight years with the Instituteof Nuclear Power Operators (INPO) in a varietyof roles, including team leader on WANO peer review evaluations both in the USA and internationally, and senior evaluator forequipment reliability. He spent two years inSouth Korea as the project lead for introducingsystem engineering techniques, and beforethat filled several roles in a 20-year career at Palisades NPP.

Dave has a senior reactor operator (SRO)certification and a Bachelor Degree inMechanical Engineering.

What inspired you to apply for asecondment to the WANO London Office?Having had the opportunity to work outsidethe US before, I was really excited to be able tocoordinate activities in the area of peer reviewacross the globe.

What do you see as your main challengesin this role?The largest challenges for the PR programmehave been pretty well articulated by the WANOassessments performed in 2012. Namely, thatwe need to do a much better job in developingthe consistency and quality of the programmein all its forms: peer reviews, corporate peerreviews and pre-startup reviews. Given thedifferences in staffing and governance modelsin each region, this is a very large undertaking.

What are your aims over the next twoyears and what would you like to takeback with you when you return to INPO?We need to develop a common set ofprinciples or standards for each version of the PR programme, and those standards needto represent the highest levels of excellence. I recognise that, in some cases, regionalcentres may have gaps in performance levels,but we can develop action plans to close those gaps. Doing this will improve both the standardisation and quality of ourperformance. I intend to bring back to INPOthe good practices that are going on outsidethe US and help the utilities engage moreeffectively in the global nuclear community.

Peer Review (PR) Programme Overview

David Crabtree, Peer Review ProgrammeDirector

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The WANO Member World Map The WANO Member World Map lists the location and status of all WANO member nuclearpower plants, worldwide. Download your copy at www.wano.info/membership/members

Dates for your diary:■ WANO London News Issue 3 (member-only e-newsletter) – January 2014■ WANO’s 25-Year Anniversary – 15 May 2014■ Site VP/Plant Managers’ Conference – 22-24 September 2014, Dusseldorf, Germany■ WANO Biennial General Meeting – 4-6 October 2015, Toronto, Canada