The conference will comprise an opening plenary session, six topical sessions and a closing plenary session.
The conference will feature:
• Presentations by invited keynote speakers;
• Topical presentations by conference participants;
• Poster presentations on state-of-the-art and knowledge-related information; and
• Panel sessions featuring question and answer discussions.
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Session 1: Leadership and Safety Culture — Striving for Excellence
Contributions are sought on the following topics:
• Developing future safety conscious leaders;
• Enhancing operational safety;
• Creating an effective nuclear safety culture;
• Coaching operational staff to improve plant performance; and
• Delivering nuclear safety improvements. -
Session 2: New Build — Challenges and Opportunities
Contributions are sought on the following topics:
• Ensuring an effective transition from construction to operation while minimising safety related events;
• Knowledge transfer between existing plants and new units within a fleet – maintaining a safety focused competent workforce ;
• Nuclear safety focused pre-operational planning;
• Pre-operational lessons — how we can do better next time; and
• Industry assistance for new and embarking organizations. -
Session 3: Operational Performance Improvements — Getting Better at What We Do
Contributions are sought on the following topics:
• How to monitor and review operational safety performance ;
• Operator fundamentals;
• Operational performance improvements — case studies focused on enhancing nuclear safety performance;
• Maintaining the focus on nuclear and industrial safety; and
• The role of regulators in operational performance improvements. -
Session 4: Corporate Oversight — Influencing Behaviours
Contributions are sought on the following topics:
• Corporate oversight — challenges and opportunities;
• Independent oversight – how to be effective in ensuring a nuclear safety focused workforce;
• Measuring fleet safety and operational performance ;
• Strengthening stakeholder–regulator–corporate–plant relationships; and
• Managing organizational change and its impact on nuclear safety. -
Session 5: Long Term Operations — Extended Operations
Contributions are sought on the following topics:
• Plant life extensions – case studies focused on maintaining and enhancing nuclear safety throughout the lifecycle of nuclear power plants;
• Development activities needed to define the limiting safety factors for plant life extension;
• Ageing management programmes; and
• The role of periodic safety reviews in long term operation; -
Session 6: Operating Experience — Completing the Learning Cycle
Contributions are sought on the following topics:
• Nuclear and non-nuclear operating experience programmes;
• Human performance error reduction strategies;
• Developing and enhancing a learning culture;
• Event analysis techniques – ensuring the identification of the root cause(s) of nuclear safety related events are clearly identified;
• Capturing and using lessons from event analysis to prevent repeat safety related events; and
• Measuring corrective action effectiveness.
