Abstract
There are many reasons why I and C systems need to be modernized in nuclear power plants, including obsolescence, results of aging technology, failure rates, and the need for additional functionality and improved performance. For many plants, Instrumentation and Control (I and C) modernization will be one of the largest and most important activities over the next decade or longer. Modernization of I and C systems will represent a major capital investment for the plants in the future. Therefore, good and informed management to determine what needs to be modernized, how it should be modernized, and then to do the actual modernization is essential in order to minimize the costs and maximize the benefits. While many reports have discussed I and C modernization topics, one topic that needs more work is how to management I and C modernization projects efficiently. In order to have an efficient modernization project, it is essential that the plant does strategic planning to determine what needs to be done with I and C systems in the context of the overall plant goals, objectives, and commitments. This includes determining what features the the overall I and C, and control room, of the plant should look like
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title = {Managing modernization of nuclear power plant instrumentation and control systems}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {There are many reasons why I and C systems need to be modernized in nuclear power plants, including obsolescence, results of aging technology, failure rates, and the need for additional functionality and improved performance. For many plants, Instrumentation and Control (I and C) modernization will be one of the largest and most important activities over the next decade or longer. Modernization of I and C systems will represent a major capital investment for the plants in the future. Therefore, good and informed management to determine what needs to be modernized, how it should be modernized, and then to do the actual modernization is essential in order to minimize the costs and maximize the benefits. While many reports have discussed I and C modernization topics, one topic that needs more work is how to management I and C modernization projects efficiently. In order to have an efficient modernization project, it is essential that the plant does strategic planning to determine what needs to be done with I and C systems in the context of the overall plant goals, objectives, and commitments. This includes determining what features the the overall I and C, and control room, of the plant should look like at the end of the time period considered by the strategic planning effort, what systems need to be modernized, what systems can be maintained, the priority order of the systems to be modernized, how the systems should be modernized, and so on. To ensure that the individual I and C and control room modernization projects are done consistently with the strategic plan and the overall plant goals, objectives, and commitments, it is important that management establishes a set of plant specific guidelines and generic requirements and processes that the project will need to follow and that can be used as part of the requirements specifications for the new systems. High level management leadership and support is needed for I and C modernization in order to maintain the high level, plant-wide perspective needed to initiate and foster the development of these strategic plans, plant specific guidelines and generic requirements and processes, and to ensure that individual I and C modernization projects conform to them. High level management is also essential for providing adequate resources for successful projects in terms of both people and finances. High level management attention is also necessary to define and assure proper interactions between the plant and regulators and suppliers. This attention is also essential to make sure that all stakeholders for a given project have input into the project. A valuable input to I and C modernization project is information on I and C modernization activities in other plants around the world. This report is one example of information available that has been collected through a network of I and C specialists connected to IAEA. There are several benefits of using this kind of information to support new I and C modernization projects. This information may for instance help in anticipating future problems, check approaches and solutions that other plants have used, to identify reasons for successes and failures in I and C modernization projects, to establish contacts with other I and C modernization projects to exchange lessons learned, and to help in identifying good solutions and avoiding possible pitfalls.}
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title = {Managing modernization of nuclear power plant instrumentation and control systems}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {There are many reasons why I and C systems need to be modernized in nuclear power plants, including obsolescence, results of aging technology, failure rates, and the need for additional functionality and improved performance. For many plants, Instrumentation and Control (I and C) modernization will be one of the largest and most important activities over the next decade or longer. Modernization of I and C systems will represent a major capital investment for the plants in the future. Therefore, good and informed management to determine what needs to be modernized, how it should be modernized, and then to do the actual modernization is essential in order to minimize the costs and maximize the benefits. While many reports have discussed I and C modernization topics, one topic that needs more work is how to management I and C modernization projects efficiently. In order to have an efficient modernization project, it is essential that the plant does strategic planning to determine what needs to be done with I and C systems in the context of the overall plant goals, objectives, and commitments. This includes determining what features the the overall I and C, and control room, of the plant should look like at the end of the time period considered by the strategic planning effort, what systems need to be modernized, what systems can be maintained, the priority order of the systems to be modernized, how the systems should be modernized, and so on. To ensure that the individual I and C and control room modernization projects are done consistently with the strategic plan and the overall plant goals, objectives, and commitments, it is important that management establishes a set of plant specific guidelines and generic requirements and processes that the project will need to follow and that can be used as part of the requirements specifications for the new systems. High level management leadership and support is needed for I and C modernization in order to maintain the high level, plant-wide perspective needed to initiate and foster the development of these strategic plans, plant specific guidelines and generic requirements and processes, and to ensure that individual I and C modernization projects conform to them. High level management is also essential for providing adequate resources for successful projects in terms of both people and finances. High level management attention is also necessary to define and assure proper interactions between the plant and regulators and suppliers. This attention is also essential to make sure that all stakeholders for a given project have input into the project. A valuable input to I and C modernization project is information on I and C modernization activities in other plants around the world. This report is one example of information available that has been collected through a network of I and C specialists connected to IAEA. There are several benefits of using this kind of information to support new I and C modernization projects. This information may for instance help in anticipating future problems, check approaches and solutions that other plants have used, to identify reasons for successes and failures in I and C modernization projects, to establish contacts with other I and C modernization projects to exchange lessons learned, and to help in identifying good solutions and avoiding possible pitfalls.}
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