Program data for locations
The standard nuclear performance model (SNPM) is used to measure and benchmark the performance of nuclear power plants. You can maintain data that is relevant to SNPM programs for the locations at your facility.
The SNPM was established by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) in conjunction with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). The model identifies best practices, benchmarks, and key performance indicators (KPIs) that support effective nuclear asset management. It provides a common basis for comparison between facilities.
When you define the locations at your facility, you can include the following SNPM program data:
- Equipment reliability
Specifies the factors that determine whether critical assets are operating efficiently. You identify assets that are critical to the plant from a safety or operational perspective. Then you use this information to ensure that required preventive and corrective maintenance on these assets is properly performed.
This information can be used to generate reports that prioritize work based on one or more of these factors. You can generate these reports and prioritize the criteria based on your interpretation of the equipment reliability requirements.
- Materials and services
Tracks the quality level for components that are safety-related.
- Tech specs
Represent the regulations and requirements that apply to your organization. You can associate a location with a tech spec record to identify which locations are affected when conditions do not comply with the regulations. The association also supports quick identification of the requirements that apply when locations are subject to maintenance or test activities.