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Strategic Planning FacilitatesI&C ModernizationOmaha Public Power District’s(OPPD) Ft. Calhoun NuclearStation in the US employed FramatomeANP’s instrumentation and control(I&C) plant engineering team toassist in developing an integrated I&Cstrategic plan that supports long-rangestation operation and financial goals.The project provides a technicalapproach supported by financialjustification that improves reliability,supports life-cycle cost reductioninitiatives, and looks at ways to provideregular updates.Like many US plants, the Ft. Calhounplant has upgraded plant equipmentand systems on an ongoing basissince going on-line in 1973. Since theFt. Calhoun Station has applied forlicense renewal to extend its operationsto 2033, and in view of substantialadvances in technology in recentyears, OPPD deemed it necessary tosystematically upgrade I&C and datatechnology systems as well.The Framatome ANP strategic planningcapabilities are designed to developa long-term plan for these upgrades.By allowing strategic assessment tasksto be completed in parallel with datagathering and functional requirements,plan development duration can beoptimized. The primary tasks are:• Assessment of the current conditionof the plant’s I&C systems• Development of a plan to addressfunctionality within the constraintsof current budget estimates• Development of an I&Carchitectural plan to supportimplementation of the planThe objectives included assessing thecondition of I&C based plant systemsto determine current health, expectedoperations and maintenance (O&M)cost trends, replacement versusmaintain-as-is options, and prioritizationfor replacement (if applicable). Thisobjective was met with FramatomeANP’s first report, a Plant I&C SystemLife Cycle Condition Report. The majorsystem functions and characteristicswere captured in a functional requirementsdatabase. This was developedfrom data gathered during site visits,including system documentationreviews, system work history reviews,and interviews with plant managementand selected systems engineeringand operations personnel.Next, Framatome ANP developed asound and defensible financial model ofmajor I&C system changes to maintainor exceed station goals through theend of plant life. The financial analysiswas based on a recommended genericI&C architecture concept for theFt. Calhoun Station. The technicalattributes of recommended plant changesfeature the application of commonplatform elements and a genericintegrated system. The financialattributes of recommended plant changeswere captured in project estimateworksheets, a resource-loaded level Iintegrated plant change schedule, anda cost benefit analysis (CBA). TheCBA used the Plant I&C System LifeCycle Condition Report as the baselinefor expected benefits in terms ofcredible O&M cost reductions. Thisfinancial model reflects the results fromthe generic architectural concept, andwill optimize the scope, schedule andbudget for the plant. This was outlinedin Framatome ANP’s final report, aplant-wide I&C modernization plan.The development of the integratedstrategic plan for the Ft. CalhounStation spanned about nine months.Key to this project was the involvement%13010070Estimated Cost IncreasesWithout ModernizationEstimated Cost ReductionsAfter ModernizationPersonnelCost%30010050Spare PartsCost%110100Ten Year Projectionof the Ft. Calhoun management and aclose working relationship with thestation engineers. This plan will enableFt. Calhoun to implement its I&Csystem upgrades in a systematic andlogical manner while carefullycontrolling the total costs. ■Benefits of I&CStrategic Planning:45• Creating reliable and costeffectiveI&C solutionswithin an asset managementframework• Developing a vision for acommon platform approachto increase performanceand decrease costs• By applying lessons learned,global modernizationexperience and technology,operational risks can bereduced, and plant life canbe extendedServiceCostAdvanced Nuclear Power N O 9 November 2003 9