29th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2016)

P4.206 The project & quality management activities in ENEA fusion department

8 Sep 2016, 14:20

1h 40m

Foyer 2A (2nd floor), 3A (3rd floor) (Prague Congress Centre)

Board: 206

Poster J. Power Plants Safety and Environment, Socio-Economics and Technology Transfer P4 Poster session

Speaker

Alexander Rydzy (FSN-FUSTEC-TES)

Description

Ever since the ENEA Fusion Department has been involved in the technology transfer of its knowledge in the field of nuclear fusion from the R&D scope to the execution of large projects together with industry, it has been outlined the importance of working by a quality management system (QMS) and of applying the principles of the Project Management. The head of the ENEA Fusion Department took in 2009 the decision to implement a QMS in accordance with the requirements of EN ISO 9001. The ISO 9001 certification was acquired by ENEA in 2011. The implementation of the QMS led the Fusion Department to apply a series of procedures, not only for contracts where that was specifically requested by customers, but also to all activities of the Department. The main procedures implemented are dealing with the documents and records management, the instrumentation management, the performance of internal audits, the management of non-conformities, the carryout of preventive and corrective actions, the management of personnel and procurement, those devoted to the management of the primary processes (design, development and experimental tests of components and systems for nuclear fusion plants, including construction of related test prototypes), the data analysis aimed at continuous improvement of the effectiveness of the QMS (adoption of indicators). This horizontal approach is very useful when carrying out contracts with F4E, ITER or Eurofusion when it is compulsory to implement the actions described in the quality plans. Actually, most of these actions refer to the application of project management principles. This paper describes in detail the experience gained at ENEA in implementing a QMS in an atypical context such as that of a research organization. The training path carried out by a young researcher hired in the frame of an EUROfusion Grant issued for the purpose is also described.