Sustaining Operational Excellence at Nuclear Power Plants

Complementing existing standards and guides on the operational excellence of nuclear power plants, this publication supports leaders of owner/operating organizations by providing strategic responses to current business challenges and effective measures to sustain high performance levels. The publication considers activities that are under the control of the owner/operating organization as well as those that involve interaction with other stakeholders such as regulatory bodies, industry peers, international organizations, policy makers and academia.

• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1. Background
  • 1.2. Objective
  • 1.3. Scope
  • 1.4. Structure
• 2. KEY PRINCIPLES TO SUSTAIN PERFORMANCE
  • 2.1. Integrated plant knowledge
    • 2.1.1. Background
    • 2.1.2. Challenges that can lead to a decline in operational excellence
    • 2.1.3. Possible mitigating actions
  • 2.2. Culture for learning and performance improvement
    • 2.2.1. Background
    • 2.2.2. Challenges that can lead to a decline in operational excellence
    • 2.2.3. Possible mitigating actions
  • 2.3. Pride in one’s profession and work
    • 2.3.1. Background
    • 2.3.2. Challenges that can lead to a decline in operational excellence
    • 2.3.3. Possible mitigating actions
  • 2.4. Reliablity of the equipment
    • 2.4.1. Background
    • 2.4.2. Challenges that can lead to a decline in operational excellence
    • 2.4.3. Possible mitigating actions
• 3. ENHANCING EFFICIENCY THROUGH INNOVATION, DATA SHARING AND SUPPLY CHAIN HARMONIZATION
  • 3.1. Developing a culture for innovation
    • 3.1.1. Background
    • 3.1.2. Potential barriers to innovation
    • 3.1.3. Possible mitigating actions
  • 3.2. Data sharing
    • 3.2.1. Background
    • 3.2.2. Potential barriers to data sharing
    • 3.2.3. Possible mitigating actions
  • 3.3. Supply chain harmonization
    • 3.3.1. Background
    • 3.3.2. Potential barriers to standardization
    • 3.3.3. Possible mitigating actions
• 4. ENGAGING POLICY MAKERS TO SUSTAIN and expand the fleet of operating reactors
  • 4.1. Background
  • 4.2. Barriers to progress
  • 4.3. Potential actions
• 5. CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES
• CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW
• STRUCTURE OF THE IAEA NUCLEAR ENERGY SERIES