Industry: Nuclear Power Generation operations
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
November 2022
CASE STUDY
In 2014 the operator was scoped by the UAE government and in turn its nuclear regulator to develop an Integrated Management System (IMS) that would comply with regulation and meet the highest standards in nuclear safety and reliability. The system was required to integrate with the wider organization, govern operations, mandate safety standards and verify regulatory compliance. Without this a nuclear operating license would not be granted.
Challenges of the First-Of-A-Kind system in the Middle-East were significant being a new-to-nuclear country, yet top leadership were focused on achieving this significant milestone, one that would be written into national clear energy history.
Key deliverables in development:
- Integrated Management System (IMS) and Policy and quick guide
- A Governance, Oversight, Support, Perform (GOSP) accountability model
- A Business Process Management (BPM) Framework
- Project Management Plan
- Several workshops
- Nuclear Process Documentation (44 Processes)
- IMS working group and steering committee charters
- A semi-automated Operational Readiness compliance database
- A Process Modeling standard
- A corporate operating model
- Nuclear Program documentation (45 programs)
- Nuclear Process and Program Catalogues
- Continuous Improvement and self assessment reports
- IMS Master Graphic
- Regulatory Compliance Matrix
The Result
MCG was the direct liaison with the UAE regulator s well as the client that led a team of six staff in the development of a new ground-up process-based operating model and with the above deliverables, setting a new standard for the organization.
The IMS integrated people, process, performance indicators, regulatory requirements, technology, documentation and plant components into one system architecture for operations and was one of the essential contributors in the plant being awarded its operating license by the regulator. Still today, the IMS remains a point of pride as the first and only nuclear-regulated IMS in the Middle East.