1. Design & Process Improvements in
Achieving Best Practice
Nuclear New Build
Richard Coackley, Director of Energy Development
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2. Nuclear Construction Best Practice Forum:
Part of UK Government’s Nuclear Supply Chain Action Plan (led by)
Members include:
•EDF
•Horizon
•NuGen
•Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
•AWE
•National Skills Academy Nuclear
•ACE
•CECA
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Costain
Sir Robert McAlpine
Kier/BAM
URS
Mott McDonald
Atkins
CH2MHill
Doosan Babcock
AMEC

3. Key Outputs
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Nuclear ‘Delta’
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Quality
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Productivity
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Health and Safety compliance
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Innovation/continuous improvement
(Constructability)
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Security
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Confidence

4. Nuclear Delta
What is the “Nuclear Delta”?:
•Nuclear safety culture
•Quality
•Security

5. What is the “Nuclear Delta”?:
Nuclear safety culture:
•Understanding
•Behavioural
•Personal commitment

6. What is the “Nuclear Delta”?:
Quality:
•Right first time culture
•Demonstrable SQEP
•Robust design audit trail

7. What is the “Nuclear Delta”?:
Security:
•Awareness
•Behavioural
•Robust physical and IT systems

8. SQEP Assessment & Team Training
SQEP Matrix
•Academic and professional qualifications
•Years experience
•Skills assessment
• Maintained by Technical Manager
• Developed in consultation with client
• Specific SQEP register
• Nuclear and project specific training

9. Quality: The Journey to Excellence
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Quality = long term nuclear safety
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Quality must be demonstrable for
both approvals and Confidence
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Understanding the safety case drivers

10. Productivity: Nuclear Lessons Learned
Engineering the Future
•Based on recent major nuclear new
build projects
•Identified five areas for analysis
Principal Recommendations
•Focus on pre-placement QA
•Integrated design & construction
programme
•Focus on training throughout team

11. Licence Compliance: What This Means for Owners
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12. Nuclear Design and Approvals Process
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13. Nuclear Design and Approvals Process
From Design to Approvals: Removing Congestion
DESIGNER
CONTRACTOR
CLIENT
UK REGULATOR
Robust Design
Constructability
Operability
Approval
CONSTRUCTION
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14. Nuclear Design and Approvals Process
A Better Way
INTEGRATED DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION &
CLIENT TEAM
Robust Design for Construction & Operation
CONSTRUCTION
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UK REGULATOR
SLC
Approval

15. Safety is Paramount
Our Safety Training Programme
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The health, safety and welfare of
employees, clients and third parties are of
prime importance
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Health and safety systems accredited to
OHSAS 18001:1999 Occupational Health
and Safety Management Systems
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Systems have to be mature - focus on
behavioural safety
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What am I about to do?
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What could go wrong?
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What could be done to make it safer?
• What have I done to communicate the hazards?
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16. Security
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17. Security Training, Awareness and Staff Culture
Primary means of preventing breaches of security:
• Training, awareness, vigilance and culture
• ‘Need to know’ principle
Nuclear staff need security clearance and security induction training which provides:
• A detailed understanding of the security measures in place
• A detailed understanding of the individuals own responsibility
• An overview of the UK’s:
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Official Secrets Act
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Anti-Terrorism Act
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Crime and Securities Act
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Nuclear security industry regulations
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18. Confidence
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19. Confidence: Comprehensive Quality Systems
Quality at the design and detailing stage has a major impact on overall project
delivery quality, having a critical influence in the following areas:
• Ease, speed and cost of construction
• Third party and Regulator approvals
• Regulator confidence
Accreditation should include:
• ISO 9001: Quality standard appropriate to services
• ISO 14001: Environmental management
• ISO 18001: Occupational health and safety
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20. Questions
Richard.Coackley@urs.com
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