Nuclear quality: working together to get it right.

Name: Nuclear quality: working together to get it right.
Start: 2013-05-01T09:00:00
Location: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

01 May 2013

Overview

Quality improvements mean significant reductions in risks, improved performance and high potential financial benefits. This event provides opportunities for professional and organisational development through improving systems and procedures to meet quality standards for the future – which of course leads to new business opportunities.

With a focus on new nuclear build in the UK, there is a need to up-skill and develop the local UK supply chain to meet the needs of our growing industry, in manufacturing, engineering and consultancy.

With three presentation streams focusing on project best practice, standards and regulations and nuclear quality knowledge, join industry experts from the Nuclear Industry Association, EDF and Lloyds Register to hear key case studies, experiences and lessons learned at this vital event for quality assurance for the nuclear industry.

Key topics
•   Understand the quality requirements necessary for current operating, decommissioning and new build nuclear facilities
•   Analyse solutions and lessons learned for a variety of major nuclear projects in-depth
•   Establish a road map to ensuring nuclear quality and safety across the industry
•   Hear an update on the Nuclear Quality Knowledge as published by the Chartered Quality Institute

Networking drinks reception
A pre-seminar drinks reception will take place on the evening of 30 April 2013 for all delegates.

Day 1

09:00 - Registration and refreshments

09:30 - Chairman's welcome and introduction

10:00 - Keynote

Details TBC

10:30 - The value of quality

Simon Feary, CEO, The Chartered Quality Institute

•   The tangible benefits of quality to the UK economy and its potential for economic recovery
•   The benefits of quality for individual organisations, especially the huge financial benefits available
•   Importance of quality for the nuclear industry, the impact of new build and quality trends

11:00 - Industry overview

Keith Parker, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association

• Current key activities in the nuclear industry
• Plans for next 12-18 months

11:30 - Refreshments

12:00 - Parallel sessions - A: Regulations and standards

Addressing quality performance across EDF Energy and its supply base
Jon Alcock, Supply Chain Manager Operations, EDF Energy Nuclear Generation

LRQA Business Assurance: improving performance, reducing risk
Lionel Westall, Account Manager, Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance
•   Integrating management systems for business benefit
•   Integrating wider business objectives and policies

IAEA Safety Standards: integrated management systems and safety culture (GS-R-3)
Professor Mamdouh El-Shanawany, Nuclear Technical Director, Lloyd’s Register, Energy
•   Background
•   Safety Standards for integrated management systems and safety culture
•   Comparison between GS-R-3 and ISO9001:2008
•   Benefit of integrated management system
•   Observations from IAEA’s missions to member states

12:00 - Parallel sessions - B: Nuclear quality knowledge

CQI’s nuclear quality knowledge and competency framework
Led by the CQI NucSIG Steering Group:

Mike Underwood, Welsummer Quality Management
Stuart Allen, Sellafield
Bob Dixon, EDF Energy Nuclear New Build
Richard Hibbert, Research Sites Restoration Ltd
David Morgan, Office for Nuclear Regulation
Andrew Mullinder, Sellafield

•   Introduction and background
•   Leadership and management
•   Project management
•   Operational management
•   Supply chain management
•   Product quality management
•   Knowledge and records management
•   Assessment and improvement

12:00 - Parallel sessions - C: Project best practice

Hinkley Point C: the opportunity for UK plc
Alastair Smith
•   Project overview
•   Delivering HPC: lessons from major programmes
•   Supply chain and contract strategy
•   Importance of quality and early contractor involvement
•   Opportunity for UK plc
•   Upskilling the industry

and additional presentations from:
Alan Scullion
Dave Wilson
Ken Owen, Commercial Director, Nuclear New Build, EDF Energy

13:00 - Lunch

14:00 - Parallel sessions - A: Regulations and standards

Details TBC
Paul Garrad, Head of Supply Chain, EDF Nuclear Generation

AEA Safety Standards: integrated management systems and safety culture (GS-R-3)
Professor Mamdouh El-Shanawany, Nuclear Technical Director, Lloyd’s Register, Energy
•   Background
•   Safety Standards for integrated management systems and safety culture
•   Comparison between GS-R-3 and ISO9001:2008
•   Benefit of integrated management system
•   Observations from IAEA’s missions to member states

14:00 - Parallel sessions - B: Nuclear quality knowledge

14:00 - Parallel sessions - C: Project best practice

15:00 - Refreshments

15:30 - Achieving quality standards outside of the nuclear industry

Tim O’Hanlon, Associate Partner, ATOS Consulting

16:00 - TBC

16:30 - Closing remarks

Keith Parker: Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association

Keith worked at the DTI before joining the NIA in 2003. During the 1980s, he worked in the Department of Energy on major nuclear power station public inquiries.

In the early 1990s, Keith was Private Secretary to Ministers at the Department of Energy and in the Department of National Heritage.

Read more about Keith.
www.niauk.org/nia-biographies

Simon Feary: Chief Executive, Chartered Quality Institute

As chief executive, Simon promotes the role and contributions of the quality professional within business and industry and to champion the CQI’s role as the leading professional body for quality.

Simon’s background and interests are in both business and quality, two attributes very relevant to managing the CQI. He is also, through the IRCA, active within standards making and retains an involvement in the International Accreditation Forum and other groups charged with developing standards, guidance and best practice.

Read Simon’s CQI blog. http://blog.thecqi.org/

Professor Mamdouh El-Shanawany: Nuclear Technical Director, Lloyd's Register

Mamdouh is a nuclear safety expert with 35 years' experience leading on design, R&D, policy development, critical safety assessment and applications of statutory regulatory requirements for the intern

Mamdouh was head of safety assessment for the Division of Nuclear Installations Safety at the IAEA and a member of the IAEA team awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2005. He is also Professor of Nuclear Safety, Centre for Nuclear Engineering, at the Imperial College, London University.

Mike Underwood FCQI: Consultant, Welsummer Quality Management

Mike is a founder member of the CQI Nuclear Special Interest Group. Mike has worked in many quality and supply management roles, particularly for BNFL and its successor companies.

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