Prepare the technical case for capital investment in nuclear plant decommissioning.
Managing the Safe Decommissioning of Retired Nuclear Plants
Turn nuclear plant decommissioning from a stated policy into a practice your organisation can evidence.
📍 Cairo🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
The energy transition has not removed the need for rigour in nuclear plant decommissioning; it has added to it. Deferred maintenance and deferred decisions on this part of energy and hydrocarbon operations both accrue interest. Progress on the practice within energy and hydrocarbon operations is usually lost in the gap between approval and execution. Participants gain a realistic view of what nuclear plant decommissioning costs and what it returns. Organisations that document this aspect of energy and hydrocarbon operations properly resolve disputes about it far more quickly. It is designed for mixed groups, so that this part of energy and hydrocarbon operations is examined from more than one functional angle. The course covers nuclear plant decommissioning at the level of detail needed to act, and stops there. Cases are chosen to expose the trade-offs in this area of energy and hydrocarbon operations rather than to illustrate ideal conditions. Participants finish with a short, specific brief on the energy and hydrocarbon operations discipline ready to put in front of a decision maker.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Integrate nuclear plant decommissioning with the wider process safety management system.
Compare the organisation's handling of nuclear plant decommissioning with recognised practice, and close the material gaps.
Establish spare-parts and logistics cover for the critical elements of nuclear plant decommissioning.
Set a realistic target state for nuclear plant decommissioning and a defensible route to it.
Assess the technical and commercial risk attaching to nuclear plant decommissioning across the asset life cycle.
Anticipate the objections that nuclear plant decommissioning will attract internally and answer them in advance.
Who Should Attend
Members of committees that take decisions affecting nuclear plant decommissioning.
Project engineers delivering capital work involving nuclear plant decommissioning.
Consultants and service company personnel supporting clients on nuclear plant decommissioning.
Operations and production engineers responsible for nuclear plant decommissioning.
Environmental and regulatory compliance officers covering nuclear plant decommissioning.
Managers with direct responsibility for nuclear plant decommissioning within the operating asset.
Course Modules
Nuclear plant decommissioning: process safety, permits and isolation
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What the instrumentation on nuclear plant decommissioning is and is not telling you
- Prepare the summary of nuclear plant decommissioning that senior management will read.
- Reduce the variation in how nuclear plant decommissioning is carried out between teams.
- Identify critical spares for nuclear plant decommissioning and confirm lead times.
- Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to nuclear plant decommissioning.
Session 2Reading condition data on nuclear plant decommissioning before failure, not after
- Agree the indicators that will show whether nuclear plant decommissioning is improving.
- Confirm contractor competence records for anyone working on nuclear plant decommissioning.
- Establish the alarm philosophy applying to nuclear plant decommissioning and remove nuisance alarms.
- Record the rationale for each significant choice made about nuclear plant decommissioning.
Nuclear plant decommissioning: instrumentation, data and condition monitoring
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What the last incident involving nuclear plant decommissioning should have taught us
- Review the instrumentation on nuclear plant decommissioning for coverage gaps.
- Agree the smallest change to nuclear plant decommissioning that would be visibly useful.
- Review incident and near-miss history involving nuclear plant decommissioning.
- Define the trigger that would require nuclear plant decommissioning to be redesigned.
Session 2Keeping nuclear plant decommissioning alive after the initial push
- Identify the failure modes of nuclear plant decommissioning with the highest consequence.
- Check that nuclear plant decommissioning still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
- Confirm the inspection interval for nuclear plant decommissioning is based on condition, not habit.
- Check that the permit regime covering nuclear plant decommissioning matches the actual hazard.
Nuclear plant decommissioning: competence, certification and handover
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Holding contractors on nuclear plant decommissioning to the standard you hold yourself
- Check that management of change is applied to every modification of nuclear plant decommissioning.
- Anticipate the objections nuclear plant decommissioning will raise and prepare the answers.
- Set the review interval for nuclear plant decommissioning and who attends.
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in nuclear plant decommissioning.
Session 2Moving nuclear plant decommissioning from approval to execution
- Confirm handover documentation for nuclear plant decommissioning is complete and current.
- Model the economics of nuclear plant decommissioning at low, base and high price cases.
- Rehearse the briefing on nuclear plant decommissioning that would follow an incident.
- Confirm that lessons from nuclear plant decommissioning are shared beyond the team that learned them.
Nuclear plant decommissioning: planning, shutdowns and execution windows
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Building the investment case for nuclear plant decommissioning that finance will accept
- Verify six months later that changes to nuclear plant decommissioning have held.
- Plan the nuclear plant decommissioning scope so it fits the available shutdown window.
- Confirm that reporting on nuclear plant decommissioning reaches the people who can act.
- Name a single owner for each element of nuclear plant decommissioning.
Session 2Making nuclear plant decommissioning work when resources are constrained
- Distinguish symptoms from causes when nuclear plant decommissioning underperforms.
- Verify isolation points for nuclear plant decommissioning are proven and documented.
- Define the safe operating envelope for nuclear plant decommissioning and how deviations are detected.
- Verify emergency response arrangements cover the scenarios nuclear plant decommissioning can create.
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