| Title |
Framework & Functions of Configuration Management (CM) in Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) |
| Authors |
Kang, Mi-Yeon ; Jung, Youngsoo |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2015.16.3.101 |
| Keywords |
Configuration Management (CM) ; Change Management ; Requirement Management ; Information Management ; Interface Management ; Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) |
| Abstract |
In the 1950s, the concept of configuration management (CM) was started by the US Department of Defense (DOD). Later, it has begun to be applied in aerospace, software, engineering, construction, and nuclear power industry. However, configuration management (CM) in the Korean nuclear industry was firstly utilized in 2006 only for selected parts of facilities, while the US nuclear industry has applied CM for the facilities’ entire systems since 1990s. Furthermore, configuration management (CM) is in its conceptual stage in the Korean nuclear industry because of ambiguous CM concepts, lacks of CM professional manpower, non-computerization, and inadequacy of CM procedures and processes. In order to address this issues, seven industries (including defense, aerospace, software, engineering, architecture, civil engineering, nuclear power) that utilize the concept of configuration management (CM) were compared and analyzed based on the CM purpose, technique, and life-cycle perspectives. By an extensive literature review and expert interviews, this paper developed a framework of configuration management (CM) for the nuclear industry. And also, a list of functions based on life-cycle stages and CM techniques are developed for clarifying CM framework in order to promote practical applications. |