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1. ISM at the Savannah River Site Department of Energy Best Practices Workshop
Configuration Management
Rich Salizzoni, Manager
Engineering Standards Department
Washington Savannah River Company
September 12-13, 2006
Within the last 15 years the nuclear industry has done a good job in implementing what is known as Human Performance. And as many in here know, many of these utilities have demonstrated dramatic improvements in performance resulting from these initiatives.
As a result, many facilities here at Savannah River have developed programs intended on implementing Human Performance initiatives modeled after the commercial nuclear industry. And while I don’t know this for a fact, I suspect that these facilities have seen similar improvements in performance.
And so Human Performance is not new at SRS. Many of you have implemented Human Performance programs and could easily be up here presenting. What is new is the fact that the Site is ready to take Human Performance on and integrate it with many of our existing systems. The Site is ready to embrace the HP concepts and values and institutionalize them into our culture.
So let me briefly explain what Human Performance is and then describe what the Site will do over the next several months…
Within the last 15 years the nuclear industry has done a good job in implementing what is known as Human Performance. And as many in here know, many of these utilities have demonstrated dramatic improvements in performance resulting from these initiatives.
As a result, many facilities here at Savannah River have developed programs intended on implementing Human Performance initiatives modeled after the commercial nuclear industry. And while I don’t know this for a fact, I suspect that these facilities have seen similar improvements in performance.
And so Human Performance is not new at SRS. Many of you have implemented Human Performance programs and could easily be up here presenting. What is new is the fact that the Site is ready to take Human Performance on and integrate it with many of our existing systems. The Site is ready to embrace the HP concepts and values and institutionalize them into our culture.
So let me briefly explain what Human Performance is and then describe what the Site will do over the next several months…
2. Configuration Management
3. SRS Engineering Web Page
4. SRS Engineering Manual Used to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and national codes/standards requirements
Used sitewide to promote consistency
Provides hot-linked flowcharts which virtually integrate 30+ manuals and50+ forms
Provides a graded/tailored approach to Integrated Safety Management (ISM):
“The practice of specifying requirements, design attributes, and operating strategies that result in safe and successful DOE mission accomplishment at minimum cost.”
5. SRS Engineering Manual (Contd.) Table of Contents
Section 1.0 - Administrative
Section 1.5 - Commercial Design
Section 2.0 - Nuclear Design
Section 3.0 - Operations Technical Support
Section 4.0 - Safety Documentation
Transferred to 11Q Facility Safety Document Manual.
Section 5.0 - Software Engineering & Control
6. SRS Engineering Organization Site Chief Engineer
Small Programmatic Engineering Organization
Chief Engineers in each Facility
Report directly to Facility Management
Dotted line to Site Chief Engineer
Supporting “Technical Agency” Organizations
Fire Protection, Radiological Technology, Safeguards & Security, Industrial Hygiene, etc.
7. SRS Engineering Processes Governed by Committee (Operating Facility Engineering representatives)
Automated by Intergraph AIM/SmartPlant Foundation System
Integrated with Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Operations, Nuclear Safety, D&D Organizations
8. Engineering Roles, Responsibilities, Accountabilities, and Authorities (R2A2) Quickly identifies engineering responsibilities in E7 Engineering Manual as well as other Site Manuals (Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Operations, Facility Safety Documents, D&D, etc.)
Proceduralized/Controlled through E7 Manual Responsibilities Procedure
9. Engineering R2A2
10. Engineering Standard Nomenclature Database
11. Engineering Awareness Briefings
12. Engineering Navigator Tool Electronic Flowchart w/hot links
Quickly identifies appropriate change control document based on graded approach categories
Navigates through multiple manuals, procedures, and forms to define modification process in one place
Proceduralized/Controlled through E7 Manual Overview Procedure
13. Engineering Navigator Tool (Contd.)
14. System Engineer Handbook Online access to “What a System Engineer Should Know”
Quickly identifies, by subject area, where pertinent information is located
Used by management as a walk-down tool to assess Engineers’ level of knowledge
Can be printed as Handbook or Walk-down Checklist
15. System Engineer Handbook (Contd.)
16. Other Tools Matrix identifying additional controls for Safety Significant and Safety Class Modifications
Procedure Change Request Log
Waivers
Engineering Automation Issues Log
System Health Database
17. Other Tools (Contd.) Engineering Codes and Standards
Applicability Matrix
Standards Technical Committee & Board
Engineering Forum
SafetyNet
Safety Basis Documents
Linking Documents
Engineering Newsletters
18. Summary Centralized through an Engineering Web Page – “web-link driven”
Virtually integrates Engineering with other disciplines (Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Operations, Nuclear Safety, etc.)
Provides timely support to SRS Engineering Community
Recognized by Office of Independent Oversight as noteworthy to be used as positive example for the complex
19. SRS Contacts Site Chief Engineer – Fred Beranekfred.beranek@srs.gov (803) 952-9791
Engineering Standards Manager – Rich Salizzonirichard.salizzoni@srs.gov (803) 952-7182
Codes & Standards Lead – Larry Suttingerlawrence.suttinger@srs.gov (803) 952-7120
Specifications/Suspect Parts Lead – Tony Hawkinstony.hawkins@srs.gov (803) 952-9388
Conduct of Engineering Lead – Elaine Doolittleelaine.doolittle@srs.gov (803) 952-8100