1 MANAGING RISK OF NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE LOSS L. PIRONKOV TRAINING CENTER, KOZLODUY NPP L. PIRONKOV TRAINING CENTER, KOZLODUY NPP

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй CONTENT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 2 1.IAEA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT 2.NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT THE SCOPE AND SPECIFIC RESEARCH OBJECTIVES PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED – YEAR IAEA NATIONAL TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION PROJECT MAIN OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй IAEA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 3 COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF METHODS AND TOOLS FOR NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE PRESERVATION MAIN OBJECTIVE TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE IN MEMBER STATES AND THE IAEA BY SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROPRIATE COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS COUNTRIES INVOLVED BULGARIA, CANADA, EU, GERMANY, JORDAN, PHILIPPINES, PAKISTAN, ROMANIA, RUSSIA

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 4 NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT ANALYSIS OF METHODS AND TOOLS FOR NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE PRESERVATION IN BULGARIA INSTITUTES INVOLVED TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA, COLLEGE OF ENERGY AND ELECTRONICS, KOZLODUY NPP PLANNED DURATION THREE YEARS ( SUBSEQUENTLY REDUCED TO TWO YEARS)

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 5 OVERALL OBJECTIVES TO DETERMINE THE SCALE OF THE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT KOZLODUY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (KNPP) TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF QUANTITIVE RISK ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE LOSS

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 6 THE SCOPE AND SPECIFIC RESEARCH OBJECTIVES –PERFORMING A FORMAL RISK ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL KNOWLEDGE LOSS FOR SAFETY CRITICAL POSITIONS/INDIVIDUALS –PERFORMING A KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION STUDY, BASED UPON RISK ANALYSIS OF KNOWLEDGE LOSS AND APPLYING THE CONCEPT MAP APPROACH

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 7 MAIN TASKS TASK 1: THE IDENTIFICATION OF KEY PLANT POSITIONS AND OVERVIEW OF RELATED TO THEM KNOWLEDGE BASE –THE RISK ANALYSIS OF KEY PLANT POSITIONS AND RESPECTIVE PERSONS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. THE AVAILABLE KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION HAS BEEN ANALYZED AND THE VALUABLE DATA HAS BEEN DEFINED. TASK 2: THE IDENTIFICATION OF “CRITICAL” INDIVIDUALS –THE STAFF OF TWO KEY POSITIONS HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES CAUSED BY THE LOSS OF THAT EXPERTS HAS BEEN ANALYZED. THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PRESERVATION OF SUCH “TACIT” KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AND EVALUATED

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 8 MAIN TASKS TASK 3: KNOWLEDGE MAPPING –STRUCTURED AND PERSONALIZED EXIT-INTERVIEWS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR NOMINATED INDIVIDUALS. THE INTERVIEWS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN ELICITED THROUGH SET OF CONCEPT MAPS TASK 4: USE OF CAPTURED INFORMATION –THE CAPTURED INFORMATION COULD BE USE DIRECTLY FOR TRAINING OF THE “SUCCESSORS”. RESPECTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT PROCESSING AND USE OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 9 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED –TASK 1 THE RISK ANALYSIS STUDY HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THE BASE OF THE GENERAL APPROACH DESCRIBED IN “RISK MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE LOSS IN NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS, IAEA, VIENNA, 2006”; HOWEVER THE METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN ADAPTED TO REFLECT PLANT SPECIFICS DEFINITION OF TARGET GROUPS – ACCORDING TO LICENSE REQUIREMENTS CLASSIFICATION: –JOB POSITIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION –JOBPOSITIONS RELATED TO NUCLEAR SFAETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 10 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED –TASK 1 SELECTED TARGET GROUP – JOB POSITIONS RESPONSIBLE TO NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION THIS GROUP INCLUDES 17 JOB POSITIONS OF MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION PERSONNEL THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY CONTAINS A FORMAL RISK ANALYSIS OF 79 INDIVIDUALS.

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 11 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED –TASK 1 THE TOTAL RISK FACTOR HAS BEEN DEFINED AS A COMBINATION OF THREE TYPES OF THREATS – ATTRITION, POSITION AND PERSONAL. THE SPECIFIC WEIGHTING RATE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH THREAT. THE VALUE OF TOTAL RISK FACTOR HAS BEEN NORMALIZED. THE ATTRITION THREAT IS MADE OF TWO COMPONENTS: PLANNED AND PREDICTIVE ATTRITION DATE

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 12

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 13 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED –TASK 1 THE POSITION THREAT INCLUDES TWO COMPONENTS – JOB EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS AND EDUCATION DEGREE REQUIREMENTS. THE PERSONAL THREAT IS A CONDITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF COMPLEX PERSONAL RATING. THAT RATING HAS BEEN ASSIGNED BY RESEARCH EXPERT AND SHOULD CONSIDER PROFESSIONAL FILE OF THE EMPLOYEE (INCLUDING INFORMAL ROLES AND SOFT SKILLS), EVALUATION OF DIRECT MANAGER, OPINION OF COLLEAGUES AND KEY PARTNERS

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 14

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 15

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 16 The total risk factor is a sum of components enumerated by modified exponential distribution function. Such approach allows the tuning of the results depending of λ parameter value.

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 17 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED –TASK 2 THE TOTAL RISK FACTOR OF THESE EXPERTS IS POSITIONED ON THE “ORANGE” AREA OF THE RISK CHART THE ELABORATE QUESTIONNAIRE OF 60 QUESTIONS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED A KNOWLEDGE RETENTION PILOT STUDY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 18 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED –TASK 3 CONCEPT MAPS WERE USED TO CAPTURE, REPRESENT, AND PRESERVE INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED EXPERTS. THE WORK WITH THE EXPERTS TOOK FOUR WEEKS. IN THIS PILOT STUDY THE TWO-PERSON TEAM WAS DESIGNED WITH ONE MEMBER DESIGNATED AS A MODERATOR AND THE SECOND MEMBER AS A RECORDER.

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 19 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED –TASK 3 A BRIEFING REGARDING THE GOALS OF THE WORK, ACCOMPANIED BY A REVIEW OF THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT MAPS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED THE MODERATOR INTERACTS WITH THE EXPERTS;THE RECORDER ACTUALLY CREATED THE CONCEPT MAP AS THE DISCUSSION UNFOLDS. WHEN NECESSARY HE CREATED SUBMAPS (IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE STUDY – FOUR SUB MAPS).

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 20 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 21 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS ACHIEVED –TASK 4 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TRAINING COURSES OR UPDATING THE EXISTING MATERIALS. –THE COURSE “NEUTRON AND REACTOR PHYSICS PROCESSES” HAS BEEN UPDATED AND EXPANDED –THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TWO NEW COURSES – “TRAINING OF OPERATING PERSONNEL ON SBEOP FOR VVER-440” AND “TRAINING OF OPERATING PERSONNEL ON SBEOP FOR VVER-1000” HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BY REGULATORY BODY.

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 22 PERFORMED ACTIVITIES –TASK 4 OTHER AREAS OF APPLICATION OF THE PROJECT RESULTS ARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KNOWLEDGE RETENTION PLANS AND SUCCESSION PLANNING. THREE DIFFERENT TEMPLATES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE RETENTION PLAN HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO PLANT MANAGEMENT FOR ASSESSMENT, SELECTION AND APPROVAL FOR FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй IAEA NATIONAL TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 23 PROJECT TITLE –BUL0009 MANAGING WORKFORCE FLOW AND RISK OF NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE LOSS. PROJECT OBJECTIVES –TO AVOID LOSS OF SPECIFIC NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ACCUMULATED AFTER YEARS –TO FACILITATE SMOOTH REDISTRIBUTION OF NUCLEAR WORKFORCE FLOW IN SPECIFIC COUNTRY CONDITIONS - DECOMMISSIONING, OPERATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER UNITS

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй IAEA NATIONAL TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 24 PLANNED ACTIVITIES –IDENTIFICATION OF AVAILABLE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND GOOD PRACTICES AND EVALUATION OF THEIR APPLICABILITY TO KNPP –IMPROVEMENT OF THE APPLIED RISK ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION TO OTHER TARGET GROUPS OF PERSONNEL

2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй 2008 – година на върхови постижения за АЕЦ Козлодуй IAEA NATIONAL TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION PROJECT BULATOM CONFERENCE 2009, May, Riviera Complex 25 PLANNED ACTIVITIES –BROAD IMPLEMENTATION OF TESTED ON PILOT STUDY CONCEPT MAP TECHNIQUE. CUSTOMIZATION OF CONCEPT MAPS OF ALL PERSONS SITUATED IN “RED” SECTOR OF “TOTAL RISK CHART” –APPROVAL OF STANDARD MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE RETENTION PLAN. DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE RETENTION PLAN FOR MOST CRITICAL POSITIONS, IDENTIFIED THROUGH ANALYSIS OF RISK OF NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE LOSS

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