CHALLENGE Physical Asset Management

Sellafield Ltd and EDF Energy are seeking innovative asset management solutions which will enable them to uniquely identify new assets throughout their entire lifecycles from procurement through to decommissioning.

Applications are invited for technological solutions to meet this challenge.

Application deadline: 12pm, Friday 21 June, 2019 The Situation Current Practices

After a gap of over 20 years, the UK is once again It is a well understood challenge that consistency seeing the construction of new in applying numbering to new assets isn’t easily stations. Two new nuclear reactors are being achieved and few systems are available to enable constructed by EDF Energy at Hinkley Point C in machine reading of labelling. Somerset in a multi-billion pound project. They will In addition, challenges can include suppliers using be the first in a new generation of nuclear power diverse numbering systems. Equipment may stations in the UK. also be supplied without specific identification To support their and which can create challenges when it is environmental remediation efforts, Ltd delivered to storage facilities and received by also have a multi-billion pound investment plan warehousing partners. over the next 20 years for the construction of Asset identification is often undertaken manually several new nuclear waste processing facilities by applying site walk downs and relying on and stores at the Sellafield site in West Cumbria. personnel to know what they are looking at. As with any major construction project, this Associated records are then manually updated to activity is resulting in a wide variety of equipment note any changes in status, conditions or location. which needs to be procured, stored, erected and installed by both EDF Energy and Sellafield Ltd. The equipment includes highly complex and extremely high value physical assets, which are sourced from a variety of vendors, partners and suppliers. The civil structures themselves and the associated utilities are equally complex. Sellafield Ltd and EDF Energy are seeking innovative asset management solutions which will enable them to uniquely identify these new assets throughout their entire lifecycles from procurement through to decommissioning.

www.gamechangers.technology Challenge Aims Benefits to EDF Energy and Sellafield

Sellafield and EDF Energy are seeking ideas, By providing better asset tracking for all parties, innovations and technologies that will deliver the following are expected: game-changing improvements over the current • Improved efficiencies through reduced practices which might include systems for: duplication of data, lack of confusion on • Assigning unique tracking codes to physical data integrity and improvements in receiving assets, which may include information about and tracking equipment. the functional or design code (client defined) • Reducing human intervention and the time that the items were purchased against. spent locating and interpreting information, • Enabling whole lifecycle tracking through leading to lifecycle cost reductions. design, manufacture, transportation, storage • Improved documentation, and installation to disposal. inspection certification, records • Registration of assets and the collection and knowledge management. of information to support whole life value • Improved configuration management of decision making. physical assets and specific links to safe, • Machine readable labelling. legal or security requirements. • Intelligent centralised customer interfaces • Advanced working practices and modelling for asset tracking. capabilities which enable further innovation and can be adopted for future developments. • Provision of analytics e.g. cost, risk and performance. • More collaborative and efficient working with supply chain partners and internal • Visualisation of assets against a digital model. capability groups. • Real-time tracking to aid informed • Greater mobile working to promote better decision making. efficiency and decision making in the field. • Tracking of modular assets. • Improved smart asset management. • Robust control of data which permits a high • Higher quality data for use in advanced digital level of security and different access rights. and digital twin models. • Ensuring that physical and information assets are aligned and that this is easily demonstrable. • Potential integration with existing enterprise solutions e.g. Enterprise Asset Management software and Commissioning.

www.gamechangers.technology Constraints Functional Requirements

• Assets are often stored or installed inside The proposed solutions should consider: buildings which would normally restrict the • The opportunity to allow existing systems use of GPS technologies. This might influence technologies required to permit the use of and processes to be incorporated into any ‘online / always connected’ mobile devices proposed new asset management system(s). and additional security considerations need • A centralised system to allow the unique to be made when using wireless assignment and tracking of multiple sourced communications on nuclear sites. assets through their lifecycle (desirable). • Opportunities to physically or electronically • An easy to use asset visualisation interface identify assets may be impacted by some of with a variety of access rights. them being grouped or clustered. • The ability to visualise assets against a digital • Assets may be contained within metallised containers during transportation and storage. model or digital twin. • Supply of power for asset management • A range of tagging methods to allow devices may be limited. flexibility based upon the nature of the asset and its environment. • Physical labelling of some assets may be difficult due to their shape, size or the • Long term power source without intervention environment in which they’re located. (if appropriate). • The value of the tracking technology should be • Ability to operate in severe weather conditions. commensurate to the value and importance of the asset. • Assets may be distributed over large geographic areas; the Sellafield site covers 6 square kilometres and Hinkley Point C is one of the largest construction sites in Europe. • Assets can be external and exposed to severe weather conditions.

www.gamechangers.technology What Next?

The Game Changers Innovation Programme, supported by Sellafield Ltd and in association with EDF Energy, are hosting a briefing event for the Physical Asset Management challenge:

Date: Tuesday 4th June, 2019 Location: The Studio, 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham B2 5EP

If you’re an individual, an SME or large organisation with new ideas or innovations which can be applied to address the Physical Asset Management challenges, we invite you to join us.

Attendance at the event is free and you can register your place at: physical-asset-management-opportunities-nuclear.eventbrite.co.uk

Proof of Concept funding is available through the Game Changers Innovation Programme for new technologies which may aid Sellafield and EDF Energy in their mission and which demonstrate commercial potential for the innovator.

Visit www.gamechangers.technology to find out more about the Game Changers Innovation Programme, the application process and to download or complete an application form.

You can also request an application form by emailing us at: [email protected]

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