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Integrated Programme Control Systems: Lessons Learned

Abstract

Dounreay was the UK's centre of fast reactor research and development from 1955 until 1994 and is now Scotland's largest nuclear clean up and demolition project. After four decades of research, Dounreay is now a site of construction, demolition and waste management, designed to return the site to as near as practicable to its original condition. Dounreay has a turnover in the region of Pounds 150 million a year and employs approximately 900 people. It subcontracts work to 50 or so companies in the supply chain and this provides employment for a similar number of people. The plan for decommissioning the site anticipates all redundant buildings will be cleared in the short term. The target date to achieve interim end state by 2039 is being reviewed in light of Government funding constraints, and will be subject to change through the NDA led site management competition. In the longer term, controls will be put in place on the use of contaminated land until 2300. In supporting the planning, management and organisational aspects for this complex decommissioning programme an integrated programme controls system has been developed and deployed. This consists of a combination of commercial and bespoke tools integrated to support all  More>>
Authors:
Brown, C. W. [1] 
  1. Babcock International Group PLC (formerly UKAEA Ltd) B21 Forss, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Aug 15, 2013
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IAEA-TECDOC-1702
Resource Relation:
Other Information: 9 figs., 2 tabs., 3 refs.; Related Information: In: Planning, Management and Organizational Aspects of the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities| 290 p.
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST; DECONTAMINATION; DEMOLITION; FAST REACTORS; LIMITING VALUES; PERSONNEL; PLANNING; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING; REMEDIAL ACTION; SCHEDULES; UNITED KINGDOM
OSTI ID:
22142137
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Waste Technology Section, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISBN 978-92-0-139510-8; ISSN 1011-4289; TRN: XA13R1140096771
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form. Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/TE-1702_web.pdf; Enquiries should be addressed to IAEA, Marketing and Sales Unit, Publishing Section, E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www.iaea.org/books
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 197-214
Announcement Date:
Oct 24, 2013

Citation Formats

Brown, C. W. Integrated Programme Control Systems: Lessons Learned. IAEA: N. p., 2013. Web.
Brown, C. W. Integrated Programme Control Systems: Lessons Learned. IAEA.
Brown, C. W. 2013. "Integrated Programme Control Systems: Lessons Learned." IAEA.
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title = {Integrated Programme Control Systems: Lessons Learned}
author = {Brown, C. W.}
abstractNote = {Dounreay was the UK's centre of fast reactor research and development from 1955 until 1994 and is now Scotland's largest nuclear clean up and demolition project. After four decades of research, Dounreay is now a site of construction, demolition and waste management, designed to return the site to as near as practicable to its original condition. Dounreay has a turnover in the region of Pounds 150 million a year and employs approximately 900 people. It subcontracts work to 50 or so companies in the supply chain and this provides employment for a similar number of people. The plan for decommissioning the site anticipates all redundant buildings will be cleared in the short term. The target date to achieve interim end state by 2039 is being reviewed in light of Government funding constraints, and will be subject to change through the NDA led site management competition. In the longer term, controls will be put in place on the use of contaminated land until 2300. In supporting the planning, management and organisational aspects for this complex decommissioning programme an integrated programme controls system has been developed and deployed. This consists of a combination of commercial and bespoke tools integrated to support all aspects of programme management, namely scope, schedule, cost, estimating and risk in order to provide baseline and performance management data based upon the application of earned value management principles. Through system evolution and lessons learned, the main benefits of this approach are management data consistency, rapid communication of live information, and increased granularity of data providing summary and detailed reports which identify performance trends that lead to corrective actions. The challenges of such approach are effective use of the information to realise positive changes, balancing the annual system support and development costs against the business needs, and maximising system performance. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2013}
month = {Aug}
}