Watts Bar Unit 2 - First New Nuclear Generation
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Serving the 9 million people of the Tennessee Valley region through – Energy that is safe, clean,
reliable – Environmental stewardship
of natural resources– Economic development that
brings good jobs to the region and keeps them here
TVA: Serving the People
Watts Bar Unit 2 – Late 2011 Determined project would not meet in-service date of
October 2012 or budgeted cost estimate
Causes of schedule delays and cost overruns‒ Leadership‒ Estimate‒ Execution‒ Oversight
Revised estimate and schedule developed based on detailed analysis and lessons learned
Key Learnings – Leadership
Establish a staffing strategy that employs a highly experienced core leadership team with capabilities aligned with unique project characteristics
Put right people in right jobs
Use appropriate staffing approach
Engage the workforce
Key Learnings – Estimate
Understand work to be done
Develop estimate based on detailed analysis and lessons learned
Incorporate an independent assessment of external project risks into estimate
Ensure buy-in of cost and schedule
Key Learnings – Execution
Develop clear execution strategy at the start
Establish and use independent, integrated schedule and cost monitoring tools
Establish a process to effectively control scope changes
Measure what needs to be achieved
Key Learnings – Oversight
Provide for independent verification of performance data
Implement cross-functional oversight to track critical key performance indicators and risks
Assure active risk management processes are in place and continually assess risk exposure and mitigation effectiveness
Safe and high quality
Design basis fidelity with Watts BarUnit 1 – the unit currently in operation
Watts Bar Unit 2
Over 30 million work-hours without a lost-time incident
Greater than 97% Quality Control Acceptance Rate
Meeting cost and schedule expectations
On Target
Testing Milestone Status Open vessel testing successfully
completed
Cold and steam generator hydrostatic testing successfully completed
Hot functional testing and fuel load preparations in progress
Fukushima Response Pilot for industry
Designs for modifications complete
New Flexible Equipment Storage Building constructed
New water storage tank built
Required equipment onsite
Challenges and Risks Protect safe, reliable operation
of Watts Bar Unit 1
Upcoming testing milestones
Emergent work during testing
Dual-unit operational readiness
Regulatory issues
Watts Bar Unit 2 Safety, quality, cost, and schedule
targets being met
Completing and readying systems, preparing for dual-unit operations
Complex work and challenges remain
On track to be nation’s first new nuclear generation of 21st century
Moving forward with diligence and using lessons learned
Responsibility to complete the project the right way – safely and with quality