Managing Nuclear Projects (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857095919 ISBN 13: 9780857095916

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

In addition to the nuclear power industry, the nuclear field has extensive projects and activities in the areas of research reactors, medical isotope production, decommissioning, and remediation of contaminated sites. Managing nuclear projects focuses on the management aspects of nuclear projects in a wide range of areas with emphasis on process, requirements, and lessons learned.

Part one provides a general overview of the nuclear industry including basic principles for managing nuclear projects, nuclear safety culture, management of worker risk, training, and management of complex projects. Part two focuses on managing reactor projects with discussion on a variety of topics including management of research reactor projects, medical radioisotope production, power reactor modifications, power uprates, outage management, and management of nuclear-related R&D. Chapters in part three highlight the areas of radioactive waste and spent fuel management, reactor decommissioning, and remediation of radioactively contaminated sites. Finally, part four explores regulation, guidance and emergency management in the nuclear industry. Chapters discuss quality assurance and auditing programs, licensing procedures for nuclear installations, emergency preparedness, management of nuclear crises, and international nuclear cooperation.

With its distinguished editor and contributors, Managing Nuclear Projects is a valuable resource for project managers, plant managers, engineers, regulators, training professionals, consultants, and academics.

• Examines the basic principles of managing nuclear projects focussing on processes and requirements
• Discusses the management of reactor projects
• Explores regulation, guidance and emergency management in the nuclear industry

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Devgun has extensive & wide-ranging experience in nuclear industry for the past four decades and his experience and past positions provide him a unique perspective of the entire nuclear field. He was Manager of Nuclear Power Technologies at Sargent & Lundy for almost two decades and has worked at numerous power reactors sites. He was an Associate Director of R&D Office at Argonne National Laboratory for a decade and a Project Manager for many large and small nuclear projects including those managed by Duke engineering and Services (Duke Energy). He has also held positions with AECL and at CRNL.

In addition, Dr. Devgun has served as consultant to IAEA in Vienna and is a member of an OECD/NEA committee and various working groups. He has chaired numerous national and international sessions at technical conferences and taught numerous technical workshops and lectures at various organizations/sites including at WMS, Oxford, Glasgow, Bruges, Saclay, and Manchester University. He is on the International Advisory Board of Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology (official journal of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan) and has served the American Nuclear Society for three decades, holding various leadership roles. Dr. Devgun is the editor of Managing Nuclear Projects
Individual chapters are authored by technical experts in their fields with substantial experience and recognition.

Review:

"...a well-organized volume that has brought together the varied types of nuclear facilities, activities, and regulatory systems...it has incorporated the many discussions from its assorted contributors into a fluid work providing an array of inside knowledge on the activities, systems, and regulatory models of the modern nuclear industry for the nuclear novice."--NEIMagazine.com, March 12, 2014 "If you are a manager in any area of the nuclear field, this book is a resource that you want close to you on your bookshelf."--Dr. Tero Varjoranta, Director General of STUK, and former Director of the IAEA Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Waste Technology

About this edition

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857095919
• ISBN 13: 9780857095916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Devgun Jas