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4.1 Loviisa NPP
in 2013. In 2011, Fortum’s liabilities amounted to
EUR 968.3 million.
4.1.7 Organisational operations
and quality management
The oversight of STUK did not reveal any significant
deficiencies in the organisational operation of the
Loviisa power plant in 2011. STUK continued the
work for assessing the functionality of the management
system at the Loviisa power plant and verified
the compliance with the requirements of YVL Guide
1.4 that entered into force in 2008. Particular attention
was paid to the power plant’s procurement operations.
STUK found that there were still deficiencies
in the way the requirements on operations were
applied and therefore required the Loviisa power
plant to reduce the ambiguity in its procedures for
procurement and supplier control as well as in the
way auditing activities are reported. STUK also
oversaw the development of the management system
at the Loviisa power plant into a process-like
system. The development work of the management
system process at the Loviisa power plant is carried
out by a working group. STUK will continue to assess
the progress of this work in 2012. The project
management development project was successfully
completed at the Loviisa power plant, but there is
still a need to develop further the quality management
of project activities so that the need to ensure
compliance with the nuclear safety requirements is
taken into account in the activities throughout the
entire life span of the projects.
The observations made by STUK in the course
of its oversight indicate that the organisation produces
an abundance of information regarding its
operations, but this information is not necessarily
utilised for developing the management system
and for improving operations. STUK is of the opinion
that the high-quality and timely fulfilment
of the requirements regarding the management
systems of nuclear facilities requires the management
and entire organisation of the Loviisa power
plant to be strongly committed. On the basis of the
above, STUK requires the power plant to specify
further certain matters, including the procedures
for self-assessment and the associated assessment
of safety culture.
STUK approved the updated description of
the quality management system of the licensee,
Fortum Power and Heat Oy. In its approval deci-
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sion, STUK imposed the requirement that the
licensee must supplement its quality management
system with a management review compliant with
YVL Guide 1.4. STUK assessed the procedures of
the Loviisa power plant for processing the possible
impacts of changes in the licensee’s quality management
system on the operations of the Loviisa
power plant and found them to be deficient in
parts. Consequently, the licensee was required to
prepare an assessment of the manner in which the
guiding documents are updated and the associated
issues are assessed, as well as of the ways in which
the sufficiently extensive processing and flow of
information are ensured. The power company provided
STUK with an assessment presenting the actions
for ensuring that there is no conflict between
the operations, procedures or other documents of
the licensee and the power plant.
STUK found the human resources assessing the
operation of the Loviisa power plant and running
the related development processes to be somewhat
scant and required the power plant to assess and
describe its HR planning procedures so that the
needs of development activities are also sufficiently
taken into account in resource planning.
STUK approved, on the basis of an application
and an interview, one new deputy to the responsible
director in compliance with the Nuclear Energy
Act. Following this approval, the responsible director
of the power plant now has three deputies.
STUK oversaw the oral examinations of shift
personnel where the shift managers, operators and
trainee operators prove that they are conversant
with all salient matters related to plant operation
and safety. In 2011, STUK granted 25 licences to
shift managers and operators on application by the
power company and following a successful oral examination.
STUK granted a trainee licence to four
trainees in the basic operator training programme.
The licence entitles the holder to supervised practical
training in the main control room.
All participants passed their examinations in
2011. The new operators achieved good results in
the examination, which indicates that the basic
training programme is effective. The operators
renewing their licences also achieved good results
in the examination, which indicates that the power
company’s refresher and supplementary training
is effective.
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