Knowledge-centric Plant Information Model The IAEA Initiatives in the Area of Design Knowledge Management over the NPP Life Cycle Knowledge-centric Plant Information Model Rosatom Knowledge Management Forum, 13-15 April 2016, Moscow Maxim GLADYSHEV Nuclear Knowledge Management Section Department of Nuclear Energy, IAEA

Nuclear Knowledge and Safety To ensure safety, we have a responsibility not only to establish adequate technical knowledge and experience in nuclear organizations but also to maintain it Without required technical knowledge, a full understanding of the potential consequences of our decisions and actions may not be possible, and safety may be compromised Creating, maintaining, preserving and transferring knowledge is critical for the safe and efficient management of any nuclear activity

Threats to Nuclear Knowledge Employee Life-cycles Economic Cycles Nuclear Knowledge Facility Life-cycles Design Life-cycles Project Life-cycles Organizational Life-cycles

Design Knowledge The sum of the design rationale, specifications, criteria, supporting research, codes, standards, analyses, constraints, etc. which affect the design of a nuclear facility and which is developed and maintained during all phases of a facility’s lifecycle May be both explicit and tacit Essential for safe operation, maintenance and any design change Subject of the handover package for new builds projects (especially important for newcomers)

Design Knowledge over NPP Life-cycle Design knowledge is created, captured, used, modified, transferred, and maintained by various stakeholders and at various times over the life-cycles Amount of NPP Design Data and Knowledge Design Construction Operation Decommissioning 100+ years

Design Knowledge Transfer Real picture of NPP design knowledge (DK) transfer over the life-cycle Not transferred DK Not transferred DK Design Knowledge Design Knowledge Design Knowledge Design Construction Operation Decommissioning 100+ years

Nuclear Power Plants Issues with IS Existing NPPs use multiple information systems (IS) and databases from different vendors and for different purposes Most of these systems are not integrated with each other and do not share plant data throughout an NPP’s life cycle This results in redundancies in capturing, handling, transferring, maintaining and preserving plant data

New NPPs New NPPs are being designed, procured, and constructed using modern computer technologies with multidimensional modelling along with data, databases, and electronic document sources This computer technology forms a computer-based information-modelling environment containing the interlinked facility information, relationships, rules, constraints, etc. that represent NPP

IAEA Activities on IAEA Report on PIM In 2014 the IAEA has launched initiative aimed to address the application of the Plant Information Models to support the Design Knowledge throughout NPP life cycle Sep 2014 – Kick-off meeting Mar 2015 – First draft Mar 2016 – Final draft Apr-Jul 2016 – Authors' review and finalizing Q1/2 2017 – Publication of the IAEA report

Plant Information Model A Plant Information Model (PIM) is an organized set of interlinked facility information, relationships, rules and knowledge frameworks forming a representation of the plant throughout its lifecycle A Knowledge-centric Plant Information Model (KPIM) is a semantically organized set of interlinked facility information, relationships, rules and knowledge frameworks forming a knowledge-centric representation of the plant throughout its lifecycle Current state-of the art concept Future development of the concept

Opportunities with KPIM What is the Design? When was it Designed? Who was it Designed for? What was it Designed to do? Who Designed it? How was it Designed? Why was it designed this way? How did it evolve? Knowledge is more than just knowing what the plant is made of The model should cover more that just the physical plant Rationale: Justification of the satisfaction of a variety of requirements from several stake holders Traceability: Understanding (“remembering”) the process that led to the design Slide courtesy of EDF

KPIM as a Knowledge-Centric Interoperability Layer Design Construction O&M Deconstruction A B C D E K L M N F G H I J KPIM: Knowledge-centric Backbone Slide courtesy of EDF

PIM & NPP Information Management Operating Experience Configuration Management Simulation and Training Plant Economics PIM Safety and Risk Analysis Other NPP Systems and Databases Maintenance Support Systems Operation Support Systems

Feedback from the Member States PIM requirements to support handover/turnover should be included in applicable bid specifications and contracts related to NPP lifecycle activities PIM should be incorporated into requirements management, design management, quality assurance and management, configuration management, and other key NPP design control processes The nuclear industry should adopt PIM into work processes in a manner similar to best practices of other industries

International Working Group on KPIM Provide technical authoring contributions to the IAEA PIM documents Working together to develop a roadmap and direction for PIM Models Drive innovation through the development and promotion of best practices and adoption methodologies for the use of PIM Models To influence other similar forums or international technical working groups to work together to harmonize efforts where it makes sense and is reasonably achievable Develop a generic prototype KPIM Model

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