The conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and hosted by Josh Olson.
Hyatt Regency Atlanta 1265 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30303 1-404-577-1234
Atlanta is the capital of the U.S. state of Georgia. It played an important part in both the Civil War and the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Atlanta History Center chronicles the city's past, and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site is dedicated to the African-American leader's life and times. Downtown, Centennial Olympic Park, built for the 1996 Olympics, encompasses the massive Georgia Aquarium.
Josh Olson will provide logistical information about conference activities
Configuration Management and CMBG History - This presentation will present a chronology and evolution of configuration management as a practice and review the history and role of CMBG in CM
John Parler will give us a preview of the 2014 CMBG conference.
Audience will describe useful information, insights, or peer consensus that they will take back to their facilities to improve their CM. Discussion is intended to encourage attendees to leverage the learning from the conference to improve their CM Programs.
This session is based on a 45-60 minute PowerPoint presentation that walks the audience through the fundamental concepts, terms, and examples of Configuration Management (CM), including design and operating margin management. The objective of this session is to engage new conference attendees in the CM process as presented at the conference and provide them with a capsule summary of the workings of the process. CM 101 should provide an understanding of how the different plant organizations contribute to and support configuration control of design, processes, and equipment. There will be a discussion of the industry three-ball process model for CM equilibrium, examples of how the equilibrium can be upset and recommended processes for restoring the equilibrium.
The breakout will discuss the attributes of the configuration change process that are used to resolve a discrepancy between the plant physical configuration and the Facility Configuration Information (FCI). Focus will be on benchmarking best practices and lessons-learned. Areas to be discussed are Identifying Configuration Discrepancies, Evaluating Discrepancies, Prioritizing FCI Updates, Establishing Systematic Processes Aligning FCI with the Physical Plant, and Performing Periodic Assessments and Communications. Attendees are encouraged to describe techniques that have been successful and those that have not in each of these areas.
The proliferation of diverse digital equipment for plant upgrades and equipment replacements has challenged station personnel to develop and implement effective configuration management methods. High level requirements and guidance are provided by industry standards but may not be effectively translated into practical methods to manage the configuration of digital equipment.
Topics this breakout will cover include:
A follow-up to last year's workshop, this will be an online demonstration of the PIM to show the existing functionality and how it fulfills most of the use cases envisioned for a data-centric information management process. Workshop attendees will be given an appreciation of the power of the PIM tool and will be able to visualize the data inter-relationships, the CM Taxonomy and the Standard Handover Framework for documents and data through on-line demonstrations. A methodology going from the PIM to building an EPC or O/O data model will be discussed. They will have an opportunity to ask questions and get clarification on model specifics. Input will be requested on other functionality, use cases, and scope the attendees would like to see in the PIM.
Today's Information Technology solution for nuclear power, and in particular CM, has changed vastly in the 20 years that CMBG has been active in the nuclear world. The monolithic enterprise ERP-based nuclear CM solutions of the 1980's and 90's have been supplemented by, and sometimes even replaced by, new technologies and software designs that move from a static "data and document repository" model to an active data-centric, real-time, plant-lifecycle and process-based solution that not only captures key data and provides a template for workflow, but proactively drives the change management processes with CM while combining NKM and IMS support. Plus, new-generation systems provide the infrastructure to integrate the wide range of stakeholders in today's nuclear plant ecosystem, including designers, EPC's, sub-contractors, suppliers, corporate utility and even regulators. Participants should bring their anecdotes, experience, lessons-learned and new plans for nuclear IT systems and solutions to share, not only for operating plants but also plans for systems to capture critical CM data created during plant licensing, planning, design and construction.
The breakout will discuss the attributes of plant modifications. Focus will be on benchmarking best practices and lessons-learned in removing redundant and/or unnecessary activities to streamline the modification process while maintaining the quality and usefulness of the modification package. Attendees are encouraged to describe techniques that have been successful and those that have not in making their modification process efficient and effective.
Before the session, attendees will be provided with copies of the ANSI/NIRMA CM standard and EPRI TR-1022684. During the workshop, they will be asked to discuss the role of each document and determine if they are both stand-alone or can they be combined. If combination is appropriate, what specific topics need to be included in the final document? The ultimate goal is to start preparing a revision to the ANSI/NIRMA CM standard that can be issued in 2017.
The breakout will discuss the attributes of a successful Margin Management program. Focus will be on benchmarking best practices and lessons-learned in implementing a margin management program. Areas to be discussed are Understanding Margin, Identifying Margin Concerns, Evaluating Margin Concerns, Prioritizing Margin Concerns, Resolving Margin Concerns, Margin Issue Lifecycle, Establishing Systematic Processes Considering Margin, and Performing Periodic Assessments and Communications. Attendees are encouraged to describe techniques that have been successful and those that have not in each of these areas.
This breakout session will discuss the impacts of the Fukushima Event relative to Configuration Management. Concentration will be on the best practices and lessons-learned in implementing new programs in respect of the Fukushima Event that affect any element of the CM Model. Attendees are expected to describe techniques that have been successful and those that have not in implementing programs relative to the Fukushima Event.
Please come prepared to share your strategies, approaches and lessons learned for moving your configuration and engineering information from traditional FCI to a more data-centric approach. This breakout session is intended to provide a benchmarking discussion on information concerning the development, maintenance and use of equipment/asset databases as a supplement to traditional document-based repositories. Attendees will be asked to describe their organizations approach to methods and technology for storing FCI represented as pure data, as well as data integrity, ownership and responsibilities of the database and its uses in supporting plant programs. Any anecdotes and experience with audit results and feedback from INPO and the NRC related to the MEL are invite.
Come prepared to discuss the Licensee's Preparation for a CDBI and share your Operational Experiences. Latest OE will be shared based on actual NRC Inspection reports of various US Nuclear plants. Effective strategies will be discussed to maximize benefit for Licensee preparation. Effective organizational structure and beneficial practices will be discussed to most efficiently interact with your NRC Inspection team visit. This breakout will be most helpful to those that have direct responsibilities/involvement for CDBIs at your facility. Electronic material (publically available) will be available for copy (from flash-drive) if you have a laptop, that could be helpful later at your facility for your CDBI.
The breakout will discuss the attributes of a successful Temporary Configuration Change program. Focus will be on benchmarking best practices and lessons-learned in implementing a Temporary Configuration Change program. Areas to be discussed are the actions required to maintain the plant configuration within its design, the types of Temporary Configuration Changes and when they are used, special controls applied to Temporary Configuration Changes, and examples of uncontrolled configuration changes. Attendees are encouraged to describe techniques that have been successful and those that have not in each of these areas.
You are invited to learn about the current state development for Nuclear Knowledge Management (NKM) programs and contribute your ideas about how knowledge capture, competency planning, qualification systems, succession planning and tacit knowledge can benefit Configuration Management processes and management of CM information by exchanging ideas for improving the capture, review and publication of nuclear knowledge in your organization. Share your experiences and ideas for increasing the level of tacit and recorded knowledge as an asset. In the wake of recent world nuclear events and the aging nuclear workforce worldwide, there may be no more relevant topic for exchange of real-world operating experience and new ideas
This breakout session is intended to help attendees share information about their VETIP and rules associated with maintaining documentation from vendors of key safety- related components. This will include a review of the NRC Generic Letter 90-03. Participants should come prepared to discuss how these issues are handled by their organization