New approaches to performance-based project management training
Installing modifications to a nuclear generating facility present challenges beyond the engineering and design tasks necessary to fix the problem. Starting with problem identification, every engineering task associated with a modification, every engineering task associated with a modification can be complemented with a dozen nonengineering tasks. It is not unusual for these other tasks to represent most of the time and much of the money devoted to a modification. Modification process workshops prepared for nuclear utilities have proven successful in providing a foundation on which engineers can build their expertise in performing plant modifications. This paper describes these programs. Three types of modification workshops have been developed to provide these process skills. The first was for recent engineering graduates and was prepared in conjunction with a 6-week engineering training program that included basic training on plant technology, regulatory agencies, and codes and standards. The second program was for seasoned engineers and technicians who worked for a utility that just implemented a new modification control process. The third program was developed for the central design organization of a multiplant utility. This organization is responsible for managing modifications at all of the utility's nuclear plants, and the students were experienced engineers who were either new to the company or transferred from other departments.
- Research Organization:
- Cygna Energy Services, Boston, MA
- OSTI ID:
- 7179394
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-861102-; TRN: 87-007952
- Journal Information:
- Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 53; Conference: American Nuclear Society and Atomic Industrial Forum joint meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 16 Nov 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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