Jim Powers - Director, Fleet Engineering - Welcome - CMBG Conference - 2005 Challenges We Face Jim Powers - Director, Fleet Engineering

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

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

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

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