power plant management Articles
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How to share tacit nuclear knowledge?
Nuclear organisations are struggling to preserve their expertise and knowledge despite the widespread retirement of nuclear experts in the near future. Already, NPPs have noticed that the retiring experts have tacit knowledge, which is difficult to codify and/or share during formal training. Tacit knowledge sharing requires methods that are based on social interaction, either in one-on-one ...
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Multicultural large construction projects: the key role of trust
This paper aims to explain why trust is regarded as the cornerstone for successfully leading a large multicultural construction project, and to understand the interdependency of developing trust on different levels, interpersonal, intergroup and inter–organisational level. Issues like increasing employees self esteem, publicly acknowledge partners' contribution, professional skills, caring ...
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On nuclear energy in Romania
The production of nuclear energy in Romania, at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) with CANDU-600 equipment and five 700 MW reactors, one of which is operational, will cover 10% of the national energy demand. In this paper we discuss the following problems: the exploitation of the installation in conditions of safety and the prospect of increasing the final power output of the NPP; the ...
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The classification of knowledge and expertise in Finnish nuclear power plants
The difficulties in sharing tacit knowledge may compromise the safe performance of high-reliability organisations. This threat has been recognised in nuclear power plants worldwide, owing to the risk of simultaneous retirements. In this study, the nature of tacit knowledge in Finnish nuclear power plants was examined and the expertise of nuclear workers modelled. The results of this interview ...
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Training and continuing education for quality management and conformity assessment staff for nuclear facilities
Highly qualified staff have always been in strong demand. This also applies to the nuclear industry, especially in its rapid development. Quality assurance as a mechanism to ensure a comprehensive security sector is a priority. Training, retraining and skills development for the management, maintenance and quality assurance for nuclear facilities is a separate system task. The successful delivery ...
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Methods for sharing tacit nuclear knowledge and expertise
The ageing of workforce, the lack of training programmes and recruitments, and the decline in R&D activities have prompted discussions about the need to preserve nuclear knowledge by transferring it from retiring experts to new recruits. Studies conducted in the nuclear and power industries have found that challenges lie especially in transferring tacit knowledge, which the experts have ...
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NUTEMA: a tool for supervising nuclear technology and for the transfer of knowledge
In this paper is presented NUTEMA (Nuclear Power Plant Technology Management System) an IT innovative system dealing with the nuclear technology. The overall goal is to offer a framework capable to present in one room whatever is concerned with a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) unit implementing together a multilevel and multi–view user access according to enterprise architecture models. The NUTEMA ...
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An examination of nuclear power plants event reporting in the context of knowledge management
Challenges to the safety of operating nuclear power plants due to ageing, power uprates, modernisations and a generational exchange in the workforce put a strong focus on knowledge. Both the nuclear regulators and the nuclear plant operators need to learn more about knowledge management in order to better manage knowledge. This paper aims to promote implementation of knowledge management by ...
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Installing an ESD LH1000 A Micro hydro Evolution Article describing the installation of an ESD LH1000 low head machine
Every morning, before brushing teeth or having a look at the weather outside our Victoria, Australia, off-grid home, my wife Carrie or I pad downstairs to the battery room to check the meters that monitor our electrical system. The reading determines whether we use the propane stove or the electric jug to heat water for our tea. Since our microhydro plant upgrade, it’s usually the jug. ...
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Summary: Main conclusions and recommendations from the JRC/OECD seminar on emergency and risk zoning around nuclear power plants (26?27 April 2005, Petten, The Netherlands)
The summary comprises an introduction on current approaches to emergency planning, and seven headings: current and future use of L2 PSA for EP; full scope L3 PSA; PSA quality requirements; future nuclear power plants; risk communication; European risk map; and international topical working group.Keywords: emergency planning zones, risk zoning, nuclear power plants, nuclear energy, risk ...
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The role of knowledge management in NPP organisational performance
Various Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) around the globe have begun to recognise the strategic importance of Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives in achieving sustained high levels of operational performance. Although these organisations have been involved in KM-related activities for some time, they typically have not viewed and managed these activities from a KM perspective. Several NPPs have been ...
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Clarke Energy Performs Industrial Training for Kohler Dealer in Papua New Guinea
Clarke Energy’s Global Reach and Local Focus was evident recently when Ty Martin, South Pacific Kohler Technical Support Manager, travelled from Australia to Papua New Guinea to provide specialised training to Kohler dealer ECM in Port Moresby. Clarke Energy’s combined approach of theoretical training followed by practical application means all technicians are trained using the exact ...
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Effects of intentional threats to power substation control systems
Power station control and management systems represent key elements for guaranteeing the security of the power grid infrastructure. Intrinsically conceived to support the continuous provision of power in secure conditions, those systems today make intensive use of information and communication systems and are therefore exposed to related accidental and intentional cyber threats. This paper ...
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On-line monitoring for improving performance of nuclear power plantspart 2: Process and componentcondition monitoring and diagnostics
The IAEA’s work in the area of nuclear power plant operating performance and life cycle management isaimed at enhancing the capability of Member States to utilize good engineering and management practicesdeveloped and transferred by the IAEA. In particular, the IAEA supports activities such as improving nuclearpower plant performance, plant life management, training, power uprating, ...
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7 Theses on Storage Systems in Commercial Applications
Solar storage systems are now the focus of attention more than ever before. The application areas are as different as the requirements. While private PV system operators work toward optimizing self-consumption, storage systems in industry are mainly used to provide control reserve and thus ensure grid stability. In commercial storage system applications, the main focus is on efficiency and a ...
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Education for the nuclear power industry: Swedish perspective
In the Swedish nuclear power industry staff, very few newly employed have a deep education in reactor technology. To remedy this, a joint education company, Nuclear Training and Safety Center (KSU), has been formed. To ensure that nuclear competence will be available also in a long-term perspective, the Swedish nuclear power industry and the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) have formed a ...
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Virtual Power Plant Ensures Optimum Energy Mix
For the management of its power plants, the utility company SaarEnergie is using a network control center from Siemens that simulates a virtual power plant. B ased in the German city of Saarbrücken, the utility company not only operates several power plants with a total capacity of about 2,000 megawatts; it also procures electricity from various distributed energy generation facilities such ...
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Risk-informed emergency planning requirements for Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
This paper presents an overview of the use of risk insights to aid the derivation of the requirements for the Koeberg Emergency Plan. The methodology and the results are presented. This methodology is based on using the Koeberg risk assessment to the worst credible severe accident scenario, which then becomes the reference accident. The off-site consequences of this reference accident are then ...
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The method used for consolidating WWER reactor pressure vessel embrittlement knowledge
Owing to the worldwide 'Climate Change' discussions in recent years, nuclear energy production has become again an option to be considered. Therefore, new collaboration initiatives were set up, amongst which the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) and the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNE-TP), who have recognised the need for preserving, consolidating and disseminating nuclear ...
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An applied research study on information technology talent management and knowledge management innovations for Generation Y information technology professionals in the nuclear power industry
Nuclear power plants rely on computerised Instrumentation and Control (I&C) systems in monitoring, control and protection at nuclear facilities. I&C systems serve a critical role in monitoring and control functions in nuclear power plants (National Research Council, 1997). To support the use of I&C systems, nuclear power organisations have expanded the intellectual capital of their workforces ...
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