Fit for Purpose Safety Cases in the Nuclear Industry

Name: Fit for Purpose Safety Cases in the Nuclear Industry
Start: 2015-06-02T08:30:00
Location: The Studio Birmingham

The Studio Birmingham, Birmingham

02 June 2015
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- Gain insight from the ONR
- Learn about the WAR on waste from EDF Energy
- Create a flexible and fit for purpose safety case with NNL
- Identify the tools and techniques being used at Sellafield
- Hear the latest safety cases for nuclear new build from Horizon Nuclear Power

Overview

All eyes are on the nuclear industry with new build projects and the life extension of existing plants. The industry must ensure that it recognises the importance of safety cases and that errors made may impact the industry as a whole.

This event will give you the opportunity to hear relevant presentations for your industry specialism, exchange views and share learning and best practice from case studies.

Delegates can select from one of the following roundtable discussions*:
- What does appropriate rigour look like when producing a safety case – and how does this relate to fit for purpose safety cases?
- Have we learnt lessons from Fukushima?
- Do safety case adequately take account of OPEX?
- How can we improve the visibility of safety cases?
- What is proportionate ALARP? What does it look like and when do you apply Cost Benefit Analysis?
- What are the pros and cons of a national safety case author standard/qualification and what more/else should we do to develop and retain the safety case professionals of the future?

*Due to high demand, roundtable places must be booked in advance

"...THE MAIN UK FORUM FOR SHARING BEST PRACTICE AND DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS INDUSTRY."
- Thomas Ives, Babcock International

"A ‘NOT TO BE MISSED’ SEMINAR."
- Jorge Weir, Horizon Nuclear Power

"REAL EXAMPLES SHOWING THE CHALLENGES THAT ORGANISATIONS FACE TO PRODUCE A FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASE."
- James Lewis, Rolls-Royce

Day 1

08:30 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

09:00 - CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS: THE VALUE OF A WELL-FORMED SAFETY CASE

Timothy Chittenden, President, Nuclear Institute

09:15 - KEYNOTE: RIGHT FIRST TIME SAFETY CASE PROJECT

David Senior, Deputy Chief Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation

- Developing an integrated regulatory approach to safety cases
- Gaining insight into getting safety cases right first time to avoid delays
- Understanding how regulation is proportionate and transparent

09:45 - THE GRADUATE PERSPECTIVE ON MAJOR GLOBAL INCIDENTS

Representative graduates from leading UK operators

- What can the future generation of nuclear engineers learn from major global incidents?
- Gaining insight into realistic operational practices
- Addressing public confidence and low carbon needs

10:30 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00 - PUTTING INDUSTRY LEADERS IN THE ‘HOT SEAT’

A unique opportunity to launch quick-fire questions to industry leaders influencing nuclear safety cases
This session will be under the Chatham House Rule, providing you with the opportunity to ask hard-hitting questions

11:30 - EDF INSIGHT AT HARTLEPOOL AND HEYSHAM

Neale Brittain, Head of Fleet Critical Programmes, EDF Energy

- Developing a comprehensive safety assessment onsite
- Addressing potential internal and external hazards including plant faults
- Understanding the UK safety targets to limit faults

12:00 - THE SUCCESSOR PROJECT: A FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASE FOR A FIT FOR PURPOSE DESIGN

Tony Rice, Safety Engineering Department Manager, Rolls-Royce

- Leading the design of the new pressurised water reactor (PWR) for the successor to the Vanguard Class submarines
- Integrating a safety and design programme throughout design development
- Exploring approaches, decisions and philosophies embedded to provide a fit for purpose safety case

12:30 - NETWORKING LUNCH

13:30 - SITUATIONAL PROBLEM-SOLVING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Delegates will be able to flex their development and application skills when presented with a hypothetical project and introduced to an unexpected situation that interrupts the project’s development. Each table will have just 40 minutes to develop a strategy and timescale to resolve the problem and to get the initial project back on track, followed by a report of key conclusions and the opportunity for questions and answers.

14:30 - DYNAMIC ALARP – THE WAR ON WASTE

Roger Ecob, Manager, Region 1 Safety Case Branch, Design Authority, EDF Energy

- Why are we thinking about this? What are the drivers from a good nuclear safety culture?
- What does dynamic ALARP mean? A more holistic view rather than one issue at a time
- Understanding the aspects of WAR

15:00 - FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASES IN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES

Simon Bennett, Senior Safety Assessor – Safety Management, National Nuclear Laboratory

- What are the challenges facing the safety case?
- Can you create a flexible and fit for purpose safety case for R&D?
- Can you plan for the future and make industry predictions?

15:30 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

16:00 - FIT FOR NOTHING TO FIT FOR PURPOSE

Shaun Kelso, Head of Operations Strategy, Sellafield

- Understand what a fit for purpose safety case means for Sellafield
- Analyse the tools and techniques being used at Sellafield to make safety cases fit for purpose
- Gain insight into the lessons learnt through the roll-out of fit for purpose safety cases

16:40 - DEVELOPING THE PCSR FOR WYLFA NEWYDD

Calum Powrie, Safety Case Manager, Horizon Nuclear Power

- Gain insight into the status of UK ABWR design
- Understanding the Wylfa Newydd safety case strategy
- Explore the Hitachi-GE and Horizon joint safety case office

17:05 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS

Timothy Chittenden, President, Nuclear Institute

17:15 - CLOSE OF SEMINAR

David Senior: DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR, OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR REGULATION

David Senior is a Deputy Chief Inspector with extensive regulatory experience across the UK nuclear sector, including Programme Director for ONR’s Defence and Decommissioning, Fuel and Waste Programmes. He has considerable international experience, having represented the UK at the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG), and was previously Deputy Director for Nuclear and Radioactive Waste Policy in the Department of Energy and Climate Change, where he was responsible for civil nuclear and radioactive waste policy. David is also a Chartered Mechanical Engineer.

Timothy Chittenden: PRESIDENT, NUCLEAR INSTITUTE

Timothy Chittenden joined the Royal Navy in 1971 while reading Engineering Science at Cambridge. He specialised in Marine and Nuclear Engineering and joined the nuclear submarine service, where he served as a Marine Engineering Officer afloat and ashore. After 34 years, during which he gained promotion to Rear Admiral, he retired from the Royal Navy to take up appointments initially as Programme Director and then as Safety and Assurance Director at BAE Systems’ nuclear shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness. He retired for a second time in 2011 but retained Associate status with the company. Timothy was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Sellafield in 2008 and Vice President of the NI in 2012, succeeding to the Presidency in October 2013.

Neale Brittain: HEAD OF FLEET CRITICAL PROGRAMMES, EDF ENERGY

Neale Brittain served as Head of Safety and Regulation of British Energy Generation, a main operating subsidiary of EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Group, from October 2006. He has been with EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Group since 1978. Neale started his career at the Generation Development and Construction Division at Barnwood majoring on AGR Fuel Routes. He transferred to Hartlepool power station becoming Engineering Manager in 1994. He returned to Barnwood in 1997, leading a number of plant recovery projects and central functions – including Director of Engineering and Director of the Performance Improvement Programme. He served as Director of British Energy Generation. Neale is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Chartered Engineer and has an MBA.

Tony Rice: SAFETY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MANAGER, ROLLS-ROYCE

Tony Rice has 17 years of experience working for Rolls-Royce within the Submarines Enterprise. He has produced safety cases covering the full nuclear life cycle, including: pressurised water reactor (PWR) design, core manufacture, core load, commissioning, life operation, refuel and post-commission. For the last eight years, Tony has led the Successor nuclear safety case from inception through to final design. He is currently responsible for the technical delivery of safety cases to the MoD to support the Submarine programme, both current class and new designs.

Roger Ecob: MANAGER, REGION 1 SAFETY CASE BRANCH, DESIGN AUTHORITY, EDF ENERGY

Roger Ecob is Manager of one of the Safety Case Branches in the Design Authority of EDF Energy. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the nuclear industry. He started as a Research Officer at Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories before moving into safety case work at Barnwood in 1990, originally in the field of AGR fuel design, fuel performance and fault studies. After a spell as a manager in the internal regulator (then Safety and Regulation Division, now renamed Independent Nuclear Assurance), he took on his current role in 2005. He has been a member of EDF Energy’s Nuclear Safety Committee since 2003.

Simon Bennett: SENIOR SAFETY ASSESSOR – SAFETY MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY

Simon Bennett is a Senior Safety Assessor with NNL, based at Central Laboratory on the Sellafield sites. He provides a technical lead role for safety case advice for the NNL Central and Windscale Laboratories. His role involves understanding client expectations, establishing the potential impact on the safety case and identifying the way forward. Previously, Simon has been a Safety Assessor for Sellafield, supporting the production, upkeep and review of safety cases for a wide range of operational plants on the Sellafield site.

Shaun Kelso: HEAD OF OPERATIONS STRATEGY, SELLAFIELD

Shaun Kelso is a Physics graduate of Imperial College and has worked at Sellafield for the past 25 years in a variety of senior EHS&Q, Operations and Technical roles. He recently attained an MSc Distinction in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Warwick, where he developed and validated a model for the sustainable enhancement of safety culture which yielded tangible positive changes in safety climate within a 12-month period. Shaun is currently developing a strategy which will guide the activities of a complex and diverse nuclear portfolio comprising over 6,500 personnel and almost £1bn annual expenditure engaged in Commercial Operations, Waste Treatment/Processing and Waste and Product Storage.

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Fit for Purpose Safety Cases in the Nuclear Industry

The Studio Birmingham, Birmingham

Overview

Day 1

08:30 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

09:00 - CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS: THE VALUE OF A WELL-FORMED SAFETY CASE

09:15 - KEYNOTE: RIGHT FIRST TIME SAFETY CASE PROJECT

09:45 - THE GRADUATE PERSPECTIVE ON MAJOR GLOBAL INCIDENTS

10:30 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00 - PUTTING INDUSTRY LEADERS IN THE ‘HOT SEAT’

11:30 - EDF INSIGHT AT HARTLEPOOL AND HEYSHAM

12:00 - THE SUCCESSOR PROJECT: A FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASE FOR A FIT FOR PURPOSE DESIGN

12:30 - NETWORKING LUNCH

13:30 - SITUATIONAL PROBLEM-SOLVING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

14:30 - DYNAMIC ALARP – THE WAR ON WASTE

15:00 - FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASES IN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES

15:30 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

16:00 - FIT FOR NOTHING TO FIT FOR PURPOSE

16:40 - DEVELOPING THE PCSR FOR WYLFA NEWYDD

17:05 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS

17:15 - CLOSE OF SEMINAR

David Senior: DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR, OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR REGULATION

Timothy Chittenden: PRESIDENT, NUCLEAR INSTITUTE

Neale Brittain: HEAD OF FLEET CRITICAL PROGRAMMES, EDF ENERGY

Tony Rice: SAFETY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MANAGER, ROLLS-ROYCE

Roger Ecob: MANAGER, REGION 1 SAFETY CASE BRANCH, DESIGN AUTHORITY, EDF ENERGY

Simon Bennett: SENIOR SAFETY ASSESSOR – SAFETY MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY

Shaun Kelso: HEAD OF OPERATIONS STRATEGY, SELLAFIELD

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Fit for Purpose Safety Cases in the Nuclear Industry

The Studio Birmingham, Birmingham

Overview

Day 1

08:30 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

09:00 - CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS: THE VALUE OF A WELL-FORMED SAFETY CASE

09:15 - KEYNOTE: RIGHT FIRST TIME SAFETY CASE PROJECT

09:45 - THE GRADUATE PERSPECTIVE ON MAJOR GLOBAL INCIDENTS

10:30 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00 - PUTTING INDUSTRY LEADERS IN THE ‘HOT SEAT’

11:30 - EDF INSIGHT AT HARTLEPOOL AND HEYSHAM

12:00 - THE SUCCESSOR PROJECT: A FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASE FOR A FIT FOR PURPOSE DESIGN

12:30 - NETWORKING LUNCH

13:30 - SITUATIONAL PROBLEM-SOLVING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

14:30 - DYNAMIC ALARP – THE WAR ON WASTE

15:00 - FIT FOR PURPOSE SAFETY CASES IN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES

15:30 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

16:00 - FIT FOR NOTHING TO FIT FOR PURPOSE

16:40 - DEVELOPING THE PCSR FOR WYLFA NEWYDD

17:05 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS

17:15 - CLOSE OF SEMINAR

David Senior: DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR, OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR REGULATION

Timothy Chittenden: PRESIDENT, NUCLEAR INSTITUTE

Neale Brittain: HEAD OF FLEET CRITICAL PROGRAMMES, EDF ENERGY

Tony Rice: SAFETY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MANAGER, ROLLS-ROYCE

Roger Ecob: MANAGER, REGION 1 SAFETY CASE BRANCH, DESIGN AUTHORITY, EDF ENERGY

Simon Bennett: SENIOR SAFETY ASSESSOR – SAFETY MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY

Shaun Kelso: HEAD OF OPERATIONS STRATEGY, SELLAFIELD

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