FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASES IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY

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1 FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASES IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY Power Division Seminar In partnership with: 2 June 2015 The Studio, Birmingham PARTNER SPONSOR:

2 FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASES IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY 2 June 2015, The Studio, Birmingham SAFETY CASES ARE CENTRAL TO THE SAFE MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND THEIR REGULATIONS. THEIR PREPARATION REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THE DESIGN AND OPERATIONS AT A TIME WHEN COST REDUCTION IS A KEY DRIVER WITHIN THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. BENEFITS OF ATTENDANCE: Gain insight into how to get safety cases right first time from the ONR Learn about dynamic ALARP and the WAR on waste from EDF Energy Discover how to create a flexible and fit for purpose safety case with National Nuclear Laboratory Identify the tools and techniques being used at Sellafield to make safety cases fit for purpose Hear the latest safety cases for nuclear new build from Horizon Nuclear Power WHAT OUR PAST ATTENDEES HAD TO SAY:...THE MAIN UK FORUM FOR SHARING BEST PRACTICE AND DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS INDUSTRY. Thomas Ives, Babcock International A NOT TO BE MISSED SEMINAR. Jorge Weir, Horizon Nuclear Power NEW FOR 2015: Hear the perspective of graduate engineers and discover the challenges they foresee with safety cases Learn about the tools and techniques being used at Sellafield Join our interactive roundtables and tailor-make your own programme REAL EXAMPLES SHOWING THE CHALLENGES THAT ORGANISATIONS FACE TO PRODUCE A FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASE. James Lewis, Rolls-Royce PARTNERING ORGANISATION: SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES GET INVOLVED Attending this event as either an exhibitor or sponsor will give you the opportunity to display your solutions, services and products to the right people at the right time. This is an excellent way to enhance your company profile and communicate effectively to your target audience. BENEFITS OF SPONSORING Showcase new products Raise awareness of your operation Improve perception of your brand Influence other organisations spending plans For more information please call +44 (0) or sponsorship@imeche.org

3 PROGRAMME 08:30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS 09:00 CHAIR S OPENING REMARKS THE VALUE OF A WELL-FORMED SAFETY CASE Timothy Chittenden, President, Nuclear Institute KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 09:15 RIGHT FIRST TIME SAFETY CASE PROJECT David Senior, Deputy Chief Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation Developing an integrated regulatory approach to safety cases Gaining insight into getting safety cases right first time to avoid delays Understanding how regulation is proportionate and transparent SESSION 1 - FUTURE ENGINEERS PANEL DISCUSSION 09:45 FIT FOR NOTHING TO FIT FOR PURPOSE Shaun Kelso, Head of Operations Strategy, Sellafield Understand what a fit for purpose safety case means for Sellafield Analyse the tools and techniques being used at Sellafield to make safety cases fit for purpose Gain insight into the lessons learnt through the roll-out of fit for purpose safety cases 10:15 THE GRADUATE PERSPECTIVE: ADDRESSING LEARNING CURVES WITH THE INDUSTRY AND THE CHALLENGES FACED Representative graduates from leading UK operators Experience in Clyde and Coulport and BAES, reliability and safety case work, and the next career steps Must be based on accurate and up to date inputs (facility design and activities/hazards/operator input (OPEX)) Impressions from early exposure to nuclear safety cases - focussing on fit for purpose 10:30 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK SESSION 2 - INDUSTRY INSIGHT AND CASE STUDIES 11:00 PUTTING INDUSTRY LEADERS IN THE HOT SEAT A unique opportunity to launch quick-fire questions to industry leaders influencing nuclear safety cases. This session will be under the Chatham House Rule, providing you with the opportunity to ask hard-hitting questions 11:30 DYNAMIC ALARP THE WAR ON WASTE Roger Ecob, Manager, Region 1 Safety Case Branch, Design Authority, EDF Energy Why are we thinking about this? What are the drivers from a good nuclear safety culture? What does dynamic ALARP mean? A more holistic view rather than one issue at a time Understanding the aspects of WAR 12:00 THE SUCCESSOR PROJECT: A FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASE FOR A FIT FOR PURPOSE DESIGN Tony Rice, Safety Engineering Department Manager, Rolls-Royce Leading the design of the new pressurised water reactor (PWR) for the successor to the Vanguard Class submarines Integrating a safety and design programme throughout design development Exploring approaches, decisions and philosophies embedded to provide a fit for purpose safety case 12:30 HUMAN FACTORS IN SAFETY CASES THE IMPACT OF PLANT MODIFICATIONS AND OPERATOR INTERACTIONS John Collins, Human Factors Engineer, Design Authority, EDF Energy William Baker, Human Factors Consultant, Amec Foster The scope and application of Human Factors in safety cases Integrating Human Factors into design modifications Addressing operator claims within the safety case 13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH

4 SESSION 3 - APPROACHES TO BEST PRACTICE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 13:30 SITUATIONAL PROBLEM-SOLVING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Delegates will be able to flex their development and application skills when presented with a hypothetical project. Spaces at each roundtable are limited. Please visit the event website for the full list of roundtable topics. 14:30 EDF INSIGHT AT HARTLEPOOL AND HEYSHAM Neale Brittain, Head of Fleet Critical Programmes, EDF Energy Developing a comprehensive safety assessment onsite Addressing potential internal and external hazards including plant faults Understanding the UK safety targets to limit faults 15:00 FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASES IN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES Simon Bennett, Senior Safety Assessor Safety Management, National Nuclear Laboratory What are the challenges facing the safety case? Can you create a flexible and fit for purpose safety case for R&D? Can you plan for the future and make industry predictions? 15:30 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK 16:00 FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASE: A DEFENCE REGULATOR S VIEWPOINT Gareth Lock, Principal Inspector Reactor Build, Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator, Ministry of Defence What the defence regulator does and how they do it What is a safety case in defence and how interactions between different organisations are managed and regulated The on-gong challenges to safety in the defence programme SESSION 4 - SAFETY CASES FOR NEW BUILD CASE STUDY 16:30 DEVELOPING THE PCSR FOR WYLFA NEWYDD Calum Powrie, Safety Case Manager, Horizon Nuclear Power Gain insight into the status of UK ABWR design Understanding the Wylfa Newydd safety case strategy Explore the Hitachi-GE and Horizon joint safety case office 17:00 SUMMARY AND KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS Esther Barratt, Operations Manager, Amec Foster Wheeler Chris Townsend, Design Authority Generation, EDF Energy 17:15 CHAIR S CLOSING REMARKS Timothy Chittenden, President, Nuclear Institute 17:30 END OF SEMINAR Find out more about our speakers at This programme is subject to change. The Institution is not responsible for the views or opinions expressed by individual speakers.

5 SPEAKERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AN EXCELLENT, INFORMATIVE EVENT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE INDUSTRY. James Withers, Pöyry Energy DAVID SENIOR KEYNOTE SPEAKER DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR, OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR REGULATION David Senior is a Deputy Chief Inspector with extensive regulatory experience across the UK nuclear sector, including Programme Director for ONR s Defence and Decommissioning, Fuel and Waste Programmes. He has considerable international experience, having represented the UK at the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG), and was previously Deputy Director for Nuclear and Radioactive Waste Policy in the Department of Energy and Climate Change, where he was responsible for civil nuclear and radioactive waste policy. David is also a Chartered Mechanical Engineer. TIMOTHY CHITTENDEN CHAIR PRESIDENT, NUCLEAR INSTITUTE Timothy Chittenden joined the Royal Navy in 1971 while reading Engineering Science at Cambridge. He specialised in Marine and Nuclear Engineering and joined the nuclear submarine service, where he served as a Marine Engineering Officer afloat and ashore. After 34 years, during which he gained promotion to Rear Admiral, he retired from the Royal Navy to take up appointments initially as Programme Director and then as Safety and Assurance Director at BAE Systems nuclear shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness. He retired for a second time in 2011 but retained Associate status with the company. Timothy was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Sellafield in 2008 and Vice President of the NI in 2012, succeeding to the Presidency in October NEALE BRITTAIN HEAD OF FLEET CRITICAL PROGRAMMES, EDF ENERGY Neale Brittain served as Head of Safety and Regulation of British Energy Generation, a main operating subsidiary of EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Group, from October He has been with EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Group since Neale started his career at the Generation Development and Construction Division at Barnwood majoring on AGR Fuel Routes. He transferred to Hartlepool power station becoming Engineering Manager in He returned to Barnwood in 1997, leading a number of plant recovery projects and central functions including Director of Engineering and Director of the Performance Improvement Programme. He served as Director of British Energy Generation. Neale is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Chartered Engineer and has an MBA. TONY RICE SAFETY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MANAGER, ROLLS-ROYCE Tony Rice has 17 years of experience working for Rolls-Royce within the Submarines Enterprise. He has produced safety cases covering the full nuclear life cycle, including: pressurised water reactor (PWR) design, core manufacture, core load, commissioning, life operation, refuel and post-commission. For the last eight years, Tony has led the Successor nuclear safety case from inception through to final design. He is currently responsible for the technical delivery of safety cases to the MoD to support the Submarine programme, both current class and new designs. ROGER ECOB MANAGER, REGION 1 SAFETY CASE BRANCH, DESIGN AUTHORITY, EDF ENERGY Roger Ecob is Manager of one of the Safety Case Branches in the Design Authority of EDF Energy. He has more than 30 years experience in the nuclear industry. He started as a Research Officer at Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories before moving into safety case work at Barnwood in 1990, originally in the field of AGR fuel design, fuel performance and fault studies. After a spell as a manager in the internal regulator (then Safety and Regulation Division, now renamed Independent Nuclear Assurance), he took on his current role in He has been a member of EDF Energy s Nuclear Safety Committee since SIMON BENNETT SENIOR SAFETY ASSESSOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY Simon Bennett is a Senior Safety Assessor with NNL, based at Central Laboratory on the Sellafield sites. He provides a technical lead role for safety case advice for the NNL Central and Windscale Laboratories. His role involves understanding client expectations, establishing the potential impact on the safety case and identifying the way forward. Previously, Simon has been a Safety Assessor for Sellafield, supporting the production, upkeep and review of safety cases for a wide range of operational plants on the Sellafield site. SHAUN KELSO HEAD OF OPERATIONS STRATEGY, SELLAFIELD Shaun Kelso is a Physics graduate of Imperial College and has worked at Sellafield for the past 25 years in a variety of senior EHS&Q, Operations and Technical roles. He recently attained an MSc Distinction in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Warwick, where he developed and validated a model for the sustainable enhancement of safety culture which yielded tangible positive changes in safety climate within a 12-month period. Shaun is currently developing a strategy which will guide the activities of a complex and diverse nuclear portfolio comprising over 6,500 personnel and almost 1bn annual expenditure engaged in Commercial Operations, Waste Treatment/ Processing and Waste and Product Storage. Organising committee: Nuclear Power Committee With special thanks to: Esther Barratt, Amec Foster Wheeler Chris Townsend, EDF Energy Simon Bennett, National Nuclear Laboratory Fiona Rayment, National Nuclear Laboratory

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