Amec Foster Wheeler The Role of the Owner’s Engineer

Bob ChurchillStrategic and Business Development

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From a recent conference….

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From a recent conference….

► Energy - a collective challenge for Europe

► Challenges of: Security of supply, Decarbonisation, Affordability

(competitively priced)

► Significant dependency on Nuclear generation

► Innovation in energy

► Small Modular Reactors and High Temperature Reactors

► Today, we are developing NNB in a different environment –

business, technological, financial and legal

► Nuclear power is long term and strategic

► How well is the market working to enable the strategic development of

nuclear power?

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From a recent conference….

► Energy - a collective challenge for Europe

► Challenges of: Security of supply, Decarbonisation, Affordability

(competitively priced)

► Significant dependency on Nuclear generation

► Innovation in energy

► Small Modular Reactors and High Temperature Reactors

► Today, we are developing NNB in a different environment –

business, technological, financial and legal

► Nuclear power is long term and strategic

► How well is the market working to enable the strategic development of

nuclear power?

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From a recent conference….

► How can we (collectively) drive costs down and manage risks to

attract sound investment?

► Missing the opportunity to set up a safety culture, supply chain,

internal capability would be to miss a key opportunities

► A point of concern - by 2030 there will be areas of Europe without

stable energy security of supply!

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Owner’s Engineer

Role has been described as:

Crucial to add value and reduce risk throughout

Nuclear New Build Programmes

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Nuclear New Build Contracting Approaches may include…

Challenges facing potential new owner / operator

Finance

Organisation Model

Capacity Building

Safety Culture

Project Definition

Legal challenges

Stakeholder Engagement

Site Characterisation

Licencing & Permitting

Interface Management

Risk Management

International Credibility

Regulatory Interface

Building ‘local’ capability

Technology Selection

Safety Evaluation

QA & QC

Infrastructure

Procurement Strategies

Fuel Strategy

Operational Readiness

R & D

The Programme is complex and the questions just keep coming…….

Challenges facing an potential new owner / operator

Finance

Organisation Model

Capacity Building

Safety Culture

Project Definition

Legal challenges

Stakeholder Engagement

Site Characterisation

Licencing & Permitting

Interface Management

Risk Management

International Credibility

Regulatory Interface

Building ‘local’ capability

Technology Selection

Safety Evaluation

QA & QC

Infrastructure

Procurement Strategies

Fuel Strategy

Operational Readiness

R & D

The Programme is complex and the questions just keep coming…….

Challenges facing an potential new owner / operator

Finance

Organisation Model

Capacity Building

Safety Culture

Project Definition

Legal challenges

Stakeholder Engagement

Site Characterisation

Licencing & Permitting

Interface Management

Risk Management

International Credibility

Regulatory Interface

Building ‘local’ capability

Technology Selection

Safety Evaluation

QA & QC

Infrastructure

Procurement Strategies

Fuel Strategy

Operational Readiness

R & D

The Programme is complex and the questions just keep coming…….

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Complexity of Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholders have differing drivers, requirements and timelines.

Effective engagement is essential.

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Role of Owner’s Engineer

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► National position

► Funding and financing

► Legislative framework

► Regulatory framework

► Radiation protection

► Electrical grid connection

► Emergency planning

► Industrial involvement

► Procurement

► Environmental protection

► Nuclear fuel cycle

► Radioactive waste

Nuclear Safety

Management

Human Resource Development

Stakeholder involvement

Site & supporting facilities

Security & physical protection

Safeguards

Assembling the right skills to quickly become and ‘intelligent client’ is a

key value add by the Owner’s Engineer

Role of Owner’s Engineer

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Owner’s Engineer

The ability to influence Programme outcome in the earliest stages is vital.

An experienced Owner’s Engineer will:

Accelerate learning, capability and provide support across key areas

Bring impartial technical, project, commercial and stakeholder insights

Maximise retained national value and help to build “local” nuclear industry

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Typical Scope of OE (current example)

Identifying and preparing all

required licencing requirements

and permits

Support to placing and

administration of Reactor

Package, EPC Contract and

wider Procurement

Development of the “Intelligent

Customer” and Engineering

Support to the development of a

credible nuclear operator.

Development of a Culture of

Safety.

Verification of work of the

international supply chain and

development and enforcement

of nuclear standards.

Development of the Programme

and Programme Management.

Amec Foster Wheeler

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Amec Foster Wheeler Nuclear Experience

. . . . 3,000 nuclear

professionals . . . .

. . . . a Nuclear New

Build partner for 60

yrs . . . .

1955

1990

1980

1970

1960

2000

2010EDF Partnership

Sizewell BWestinghouse JV

NSS/NCL

Canada

AMEC Czech Republic

NCI South Africa

AMEC Slovakia

Growth in

Clean-Up

NMP Sellafield

AGR Station

Design &

Construction

(all Consortia)

Magnox Station

Design &

Construction

(all UK

Consortia)

Sizewell B PWR

Heysham 1 AGR

Dungeness A - Magnox

Sellafield

Bruce CANDU

Tokai 1

. . . . . a strategic role on every

civil NPP ever built in the UK .

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. . . . a growing international

presence

AMEC Romania

Mactec (US)

AES (US)

ESRC (Serco) (UK)

GDA – EPR, AP1000, ABWRHinkley Point C

Ignalina RBMK

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Contact details:

bob.churchill@amecfw.com