This Fire Protection & Safety of Power Plants Conference will enable you to develop the best strategy for you to seriously reduce risk, damage and downtime in your power generation facility.
3 key reasons to attend:
1)Hear new case studies presented by experienced fire protection engineers from international utilities on how they are developing their fire protection strategy
2)Discover the latest detection and suppression technologies to implement in your plant
3)Identify the most cost effective fire protection strategy for your plant to get the right balance and maintain safety standards and efficiency
With continuous updates to regulations and new detection and suppression technology emerging all the time, it is imperative that fire protection engineers and risk managers keep up to date with these developments.
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Fire Protection And Safety Of Power Plants
1. fire Protection &
Safety of Power Plants
www.arena-international.com/power/fp
Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 November 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, uSA
Optimizing your fire protection strategy to achieve cost
effective regulatory compliance and efficient plant operation
DISTINguISHED SPEAkERS INCLuDE: POST-CONFERENCE WORkSHOP –
Jeffery Ertman, Fire Protection Supervisor, EASINg THE TRANSITION TO NFPA 805
PROgRESS ENERgy This workshop has been specifically designed for
the nuclear industry and will focus on overcoming
Bob Taylor, ES&H, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER the challenges of making the move to NFPA 805
Brenda Simril, Fire Protection Program Manager, and complying with the regulation. This essential
TENNESSEE VALLEy AuTHORITy (TVA) workshop is led by:
Amjad Mian, Chief Protection Officer, Mark Henry Salley, Chief of the Fire Research
MANITOBA HyDRO Branch, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Roger Millis, Fire Protection Supervisor,
BRITISH ENERgy/EDF • Hear real life industry case studies on
practical strategies for fire protection
kent Sutton, Risk Management Supervisor,
NEBRASkA PuBLIC POWER • Attend an interactive roundtable session
John Lattner, Fire Protection Supervisor, to discover the latest innovations in fire
SOuTHERN CO, suppression systems
Mark Henry Salley, Chief Fire Research Branch, • Learn from experts in the coal, gas,
uS NuCLEAR REguLATORy COMMISSION nuclear and hydro-power industries on
David goforth, 805 Transition Manager, the transferable lessons and strategies
DukE ENERgy that you can take back to your plant and
implement for immediate benefits
kevin Austin, Senior Technical Officer,
Fire Protection, BRuCE POWER
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2. Programe Day One Tuesday 3rd November 2009
08:30 Registration and coffee Minimising down time and repair costs by identifying
and preventing the common causes of fire
09:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
13:30 Mitigating the impacts of “Multiple Spurious Operations” –
Successfully achieving regulatory compliance highlighting the latest findings on preventing fires as a result
09:10 Reviewing the latest updates to industry fire protection of multiple circuit faults
regulations in order to ensure compliance now and in the future ● Understanding the definition and scope of “Multiple Spurious
● Highlighting the latest revisions and changes to National Fire Protection Operations” in order to identify the risk within your operations
Agency (NFPA) standards to ensure you are up to date ● Developing proper safety scenarios and being able to detect
● Evaluating the progress of NFPA 806 - when will this new performance faults as they occur
based standard come into effect and what will it mean for the upgrade ● Designing cables and circuits to prevent multiple spurious actions
of power plants? and fires as a result of this– which combinations are most and
● Developing a comprehensive fire protection strategy based on industry least likely to fail?
standards and best practice ● Raising the bar on preventing “Multiple Spurious Operations” -
● Understanding the impact of updated and changing regulation on fire what will be expected in the future
protection strategy in your plant David goforth, 805 Transition Manager, DukE ENERgy
● Reviewing the levels of international adoption of fire protection
standards and looking at alternative strategies 14:00 Identifying opportunities to minimise the dependence on
Paul May, Fire Protection Engineer and Staff Liaison Officer, NFPA Operator Manual Actions (OMA) to improve reliability and
response times
● Reviewing the technology options available to reduce the need
09:40 Transforming risk quantification calculations into an effective for operator manual actions
and cost efficient operational strategy ● Up-skilling your workforce to ensure OMAs are being carried
● Integrating fire protection engineers with risk analysts to achieve a out efficiently and safely
streamlined approach to fire safety ● Interpreting the OMA guidelines for different plants and scenarios
● Developing a risk quantification strategy to ensure you are carrying ● Evaluating the changing industry approach to OMAs
out a thorough but efficient analysis ● Developing industry standards to improve the safety of OMAs
● Demonstrating your safety credentials and regulatory compliance to Brenda Simril, Fire Protection Programme Manager,
insurance underwriters TENNESSEE VALLEy AuTHORITy
● Using risk analysis and quantification to drive inward investment
into the power plant 14:30 Q&A session
Jeffery Ertman, Fire Protection Supervisor, PROgRESS ENERgy
14:50 Refreshments and networking
10:10 Q&A session 15:20 Reducing the risk and impact of cable tray fires through
proper protection and monitoring
● Revealing the latest trends in cable tray design and implementation to
10:30 Refreshments and networking minimise fire risks including layout, coverings and solid bottom trays
● Evaluating new technologies and protection equipments for
11:00 Revealing fire loss history information to better forecast cable trays including cable jackets, intumescent or endothermic
risks, understand causes, effects and appropriate fireproofing and fire retardants
suppression techniques ● Being aware of the hazards and conducting appropriate risk analysis.
● Providing industry fire history information from the last 10 years ● Ensuring cable trays are routinely inspected
to increase the accuracy of your predictions ● Implementing cleaning strategies to prevent the build up of
● Understanding the cause and effect history and its impact on your plant combustible dust and clutter
● Ensuring you spend accurately and efficiently on your fire Jim yuill, Fire Protection Engineer, DTE
protection strategy to protect your investment
● Changing the culture of fire reporting – using shared knowledge 15:50 Hydro-electric case study – managing fire protection within
and experience to improve power plant fire safety standards a hydro plant and taking back transferable skills and
Bob Taylor, ES&H, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER strategies for your plant type
● Managing fire hazards common to both hydro and fossil
fuelled plants including: Oil filled transformers, electric cables,
11:30 Panel session: Developing a streamlined approach to Fire switchgear and handling of large quantities of hydraulic oil
Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) to accurately predict and ● Implementing fire zoning strategies to contain and detect fires
address risks within your facility ● Identifying the core fire suppression technologies to control
Our panel members, all with experience in Fire PRA will discuss how transformer and cable fires
they overcame the following challenges to conduct an efficient and ● Conducting a risk assessment to identify additional area of fire
comprehensive Fire PRA protection required
● Making the decision to move away from the deterministic ● Evaluating the impact of airflow patterns within a closed space
approach and move to Fire PRA and risk-informed, performance- Amjad Mian, Chief Risk Officer, MANITOBA HyDRO
based fire protection
● Developing best practice in a relatively untried and untested approach 16:20 “Prevention is better than a cure” – implementing good
● Determining the depth of analysis required and establishing how this house keeping and operational procedures to reduce the
can be managed moving forward likelihood of ignition
● Evaluating the costs involved in conducting an analysis – are they as ● Evaluating what active protection systems you can employ
predicted or higher and where have the unexpected expenses occurred? ● Implementing additional operation procedures to limit dust
● Acquiring the skills and industry knowledge to carry out Fire PRA and accumulation, spills and clean ups
assembling the right team ● Engaging the entire workforce on the importance of good
● Overcoming the challenge of making accurate fire-damage predictions housekeeping for fire protection purposes and training them
based on insufficient fire history to spot hazards
● Highlighting the key lessons learnt from Fire PRAs to date ● Highlighting commonly missed areas that can lead to
Brandi Weaver, Fire Protection Engineer, DukE ENERgy unnecessary risk and fire damage
Amir Afzali, PRA Application Supervisor, DOMINION Roger Millis, Fire Protection Supervisor, BRITISH ENERgy
12:25 Lunch and networking 16:50 Q&A session
17:20 Closing remarks from Chair and end of day one
3. Programe Day Two Wednesday, 4th November 2009
08:30 Registration and coffee ● Preventing systems failure by pre-empting possible causes and
having redundancy in place – e.g. multiple sources, locations and
09:00 Opening remarks from the Chair power supplies
● Implementing redundancy to upgrade or provide maintenance on
Selecting the right detection and suppression existing equipment
system for your plant to safeguard your facility ● Understanding the issues concerning redundancy, including increased
maintenance costs and how quickly systems should be repairs or
09:10 Roundtable discussion session: Evaluating the latest replaced when out of action
technologies in a variety of different fire suppression Tommy Magnuson, Strategic Fire Safety, VATTENFAL
systems for different environments
To ensure you receive the most relevant information for your
14:00 Case study: Bringing existing and ageing facilities up to
business needs, during this session delegates will have the standard by overcoming the challenge of system retrofits and
opportunity to attend their choice of 3 of the following sessions implementing fire compensatory measures
evaluating the latest technologies in fire protection systems. ● Implementing fire compensatory measures to remove, replace
and upgrade
Each of these round tables will be led by an industry expert who ● Evaluating the long term implications of fire compensatory
will provide a round-up of the latest technologies and will then measures, exactly how long can they be in place and what other
lead a discussion on the potential applications and assist you in issues does this create with your plant
addressing the specific challenges you face in your plant when it ● Overcoming the environment specific challenges of retro-fitting
comes to suppression systems. and upgrading
● Demonstrating to the authorities that you have adequate temporary
Roundtable 1: Foam Systems protection and that you are still compliant and mitigating risk
● Revealing the costs of implementing a compensatory measure
Roundtable 2: gaseous Systems throughout the life cycle of your refurbishment project
kevin Austin, Senior Technical Officer Fire Protection, BRuCE POWER
Roundtable 3: Deluge Systems
Roundtable 4: Sprinkler Systems 14:30 Q&A session
Please visit www.arena-international.com/power/fp for the latest 14:50 Refreshments and networking
speakers and programme updates
15:20 Material and structural considerations and updates to
enhance the fire safety of your power generation plant
10:40 Refreshments and networking ● Material considerations - evaluating the latest material technologies
11:10 Operating a safe plant with CO2 fire suppression systems that can cost effectively enhance the fire protection of your facility,
that adheres to NFPA 12 and provides a safe working including: Coatings and barrier systems
● Plant design and operation – highlighting the latest thinking and
environment for you and your colleagues
strategy in plant design and operation to mitigate fire risk
● Understanding the impact of NFPA 12 on the use of CO2 systems on
- Plant transportation
the implementation in different plant types
- Layout
● Cost effectively up-grading an modifying your CO2 system to comply
- Fire zoning
with NFPA 12
Brandi Weaver, Fire Protection Engineer, DukE ENERgy
● Weighing up the benefits of a CO2 system with the potential hazards
and making it work within your plant 15:50 Achieving the right balance of fire prevention and fire
● Evaluating the costs of a CO2 system versus other traditional systems protection to maintain both safety standards and efficient
to determine it’s potential applications within your business operation
kent Sutton, Risk Management Supervisor, NEBRASkA PuBLIC POWER ● Discovering strategies for serviceable reduction to reduce labour
11:40 Identifying the best detection and alarm system for your intensity and increase efficiency
facility to enable early response and fast suppression ● Installing the most cost effective systems that wont sacrifice safety
● Ensuring rapid detection to improve recovery times, reduce costs, ● Ensuring your risk analysis has been accurate to ensure investment
improve operational efficiency and reduce downtime in the right place
● Reviewing the latest in detection systems, including incipient ● Understanding what specifically must be done to ensure safety,
detection systems, and their applications in different plant types continued operation and damage limitation without breaking the bank
● Tailoring your detection system to your specific environment to John Lattner, Fire Protection Supervisor, SOuTHERN CO.
ensure the earliest possible detection 16:20 utilising the latest research, technology and design to
● Evaluating detection systems for problem areas such as turbine constructing a new power plant with fire safety in mind
halls and cable trays ● Demonstrating the latest research in fire movement with improved
● Comparing and contrasting new and old systems in terms of cost, power plant layout
effectiveness and proven technology ● Optimising the installation of the latest technologies with the
● Highlighting emerging technologies and their application in power restrictions of a pre-existing structure
plants for earliest possible, and accurate detection, intelligent ● Demonstrating the difference an improved structure and fire retardant
systems, including infra-red thermal imaging, spark and flame materials can make on fire safety
detectors and video smoke detection ● Reviewing the responsibilities and capabilities of a plant designer
Scott Wilson, Market Development Director, XTRALIS on fire safety
12:10 Q&A session 16:50 Q&A session
12:30 Lunch and networking 17:20 Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference
Efficiently implementing systems and strategies
with your plant Arena International provides
13:30 Achieving redundancy within your fire protection systems high-quality commercially
to demonstrate the resilience of your strategy and facilitate
focused conferences, based
maintenance and upgrades
on our own research and our close links with leading
● Cost effectively ensuring redundancy with your fire protection systems practitioners and business advisors.
4. POST COnferenCe WOrkShOP
Easing the transition to NFPA 805
Thursday 5 november, 2009
Led by: Mark henry Salley, Chief fire research Branch,
US nUCLeAr regULATOrY COMMiSSiOn
About the workshop:
The NFPA Standard 805, Performance-Based Standard for Fire
Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants, is a
voluntary approach to demonstrate fire protection compliance. In
order to achieve this, you must be able to demonstrate your expertise
in risk informed analysis and have a full understanding of the
process involved.
This workshop has been specifically designed for the nuclear
industry and will focus on overcoming the challenges of making the
move to NFPA 805 and complying with the regulation. Our expert
workshop leader will take you through the latest research and
analysis conducted by the pilot plants as well as the future of NFPA
805, including changing predictions, and the rate of adoption both
nationally and internationally.
Workshop agenda:
10:00 Coffee and registration
10:30 Hearing from the pilot power plants on the progress
of implementation to reveal emerging challenges and
clarity on the benefits of the process
● Revealing the progress from the pilot plants on meeting
NFPA 805 against the predicted time scales
● Developing an implementation strategy and assembling a
team with the right skills – identifying the skill set
● Engaging employees for full by in on NFPA 805 to ease
and aid the transition
● Revealing the cost and magnitude of modifications required
to meet NFPA 805 – what modifications are required and
how much do they cost
● Assessing the methodology of conducting a Fire PRA for
NFPA 805, including procedures, timescales and safe
shutdown strategy
● Reviewing the latest monitoring technologies and strategies
for accurate forward planning
11:30 Refreshments
12:00 Evaluating the future of NFPA 805 – how will it be
enforced and what changes will be made to the
regulations
● An industry review of NFPA 805 – how are the requirements
to comply developing and changing
● Is the transition to NFPA 805 inevitable for all nuclear plants? How
do the NRC plan to take this regulation forward in to the future
● Evaluating the international application and adoption of NFPA
805 – is this being adopted, if not what other strategies are
being used?
● Highlighting the latest research on fire ignition frequencies
and risk numbers – are the results still conservative and if so
what is the impact on the industry
● Developing strategies to comply with regulation when risk
numbers are still conservative and unrealistic
13:00 Close of workshop
About your workshop leader:
Dr Mark Henry Salley is Chief of the Fire Research Branch of the US
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Fire Research Branch in the Office
of Nuclear Regulatory Research plans, develops, and manages the safety-
and risk-related Fire Research Program for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/resfuncdesc.html
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