PRA Workforce Development
Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) is a critical engineering subspecialty for the continued operation nuclear facilities. Nuclear utilities must continually develop their workforce to be able to maintain these complex models.
This Wiki is intended to outline a plan to develop the PRA workforce by providing a recommended course outline. This allows you to develop a training plan as well as to review the references to PRA information and training courses available. This material can provide a PRA Engineer with a basis of knowledge for success and supplements the site-specific model training needed to be fully qualified.
Purpose
Establish a recommended course outline for new PRA practitioner engineers in order to help ensure that engineers are able to be a proficient contributor to their organization as timely as possible. By developing a list of skillsets required for PRA engineers and correlating those skillsets to the available EPRI training courses, a recommended course list has been developed.
Scope
By developing a list of skillsets required for PRA engineers and correlating those skillsets to the available EPRI training courses, a recommended course list can be developed.
Guide On How to Use
To begin, it is important to identify what skills are needed to be developed. If you are not sure what skills you need to develop, browsing the Skillset topic pages on the sidebar and also organized below in the Model Engineer and Applications Engineer tables can help to identify which skills fit into available training. Full definitions for what constitutes a Model Engineer versus an Applications Engineer is available on the Background page and a full list of courses can be found on the References page.
Once skillsets have been identified, navigating to the Curriculum Summary you can find curriculum topics that correlate to their related courses.
- Use the Search bar above the Curriculum Summary table to filter on specific key words and course numbers
- The boxes on the far-right side of the table allow you to include certain curriculum subtopics that are then printed into a report by pressing the Preview Training Plan Button.
The Future Gaps page lists the limitations for the curriculum and what is still to be developed. The References page lists all current courses and skillset specific wiki pages.
PRA Engineers
The PRA Workforce Development material is structured for both PRA Model Engineers and PRA Applications Engineers. PRA Model Engineers are typically responsible for the maintenance of the PRA model, while the PRA Applications Engineers are typically responsible for supporting the site and convey site information to the PRA Model Engineers. Further details on the details of each role can be found on the Background page.
| Model Engineer | Applications Engineer | |||||
| # | Skillset Topic | Examples | # | Skillset Topic | Examples | |
| 1 | General PRA | PRA Overview, ASME/ANS PRA Standard Elements, Plant Systems Training | 1 | General PRA | Importance Measures, CCDP and CLERP | |
| 2 | PRA Software | CAFTA, Phoenix Architect, HRA Calculator | 2 | PRA Software | CAFTA, Phoenix Architect, HRA Calculator | |
| 3 | Level 1 PRA | Fault Tree Development, Success Criteria, HRA, Quantification and Uncertainty | 3 | Level 1 PRA | Fault Tree Development, Success Criteria, HRA, Quantification and Uncertainty | |
| 4 | Level 2 PRA | Containment Event Tree Development, Thermal Hydraulic Success Criteria | 4 | Level 2 PRA, Internal Flood PRA, Internal Fire PRA | Containment Event Tree Development, Thermal Hydraulic Success Criteria | |
| 5 | Internal Flood PRA | Flood Areas, Internal and External Flood Sources | 5 | Model Rollout | Maintenance Rule, SFCP, 50.69 | |
| 6 | Internal Fire PRA | Fire Scenarios, Cable Routing, Qualitative Screening of PAUs | 6 | Reoccurring Applications | MSPI, Maintenance Rules | |
| 7 | One-time Applications | Significance Determination Process, License Amendment Request | ||||
EPRI LMS
The EPRI Learning Management System documents curricula related to skills needed for both model engineers and applications engineers. A compiled list of curricula mentioned in the Skillset Topics pages can be viewed on the References page. An EPRI membership is required to visit this page.