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CNRA Workshop
Improving Nuclear Safety Through Operating Experience Feedback
Present Challenges and Future Solutions
Cologne, Germany 29-31 May 2006
Organised in co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO)
Operating experience feedback is a key element in maintaining
and improving the safety of nuclear power plant operations.
It also gives impetus to the design of new plants and
improved performance of existing ones. Thus the feedback
loop of operating experience is of high significance to licensees,
regulators, technical support organisations (TSOs) and
vendors.
The aim of this conference was to bring together both managers
and technical level experts to discuss today’s concerns,
future challenges and ways to benefit from available
nuclear power plant operating experience in all its forms
and levels for safer and more efficient nuclear power. Also,
experience, needs and new developments of international
operating experience feedback systems in place such as the
IAEA/NEA IRS were discussed during the conference.
The objective was to aid the participants to further develop
operating experience systems and utilise them more efficiently
to support safe nuclear power plant operation. Also, international
organisations should receive clear messages about the
crucial short- and mid-term development needs in the area of
operating experience feedback and dissemination.
The conference included keynote speeches, technical sessions and panels. All contributions are by invitation only and key regulatory, industry and TSO persons were involved.
Scope, content and outline of the workshop
Technical sessions discussed the following topics:
- Operator, regulator and international organisations: NPP operating experiences - expectations and uses;
- National and international operating experience – systems, uses and highlights – strong and weak points;
- Recurring issues in operating experience: recurrence of events, problems in closing the feedback loop, human and organisational factors;
- Ensuring the use of operating experience for future reactors;
- Methods and tools for analyses of operating experience;
- Efficient use of NPP operating experience in safety and performance management and organisational learning.
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Last updated: 7 June 2006
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