Engineer Power Plant

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PASSIGNAT Richard

Instrumentation and Control Senior Engineer

Firm name and location: EDF - Paris

Years of experience in total: 24

Years of experience with current firm: 16

Years of experience abroad 2

Education (degree and specialization) Engineer of National Institute of Applied Science, France,

1996

Languages: *English Advanced

French Native

Portuguese Knowledge

Knowledge

Chinese -

PROFILE

“Richard Passignat has more than 16 years of experience in Instrumentation and Control

Engineering.

Since 2002 he has been in charge of I&C systems specifications and safety requirements.

He is presently involved in projects related to I&C qualification program.

Thanks to his experience in France and abroad he has wide knowledge of safety rules, French

codes and international standards and practices.”

Areas of expertise

-Instrumentation and Control (I&C) safety and reliability requirements

-EPR I&C overall architecture

-I&C systems specifications and qualification program

-Management of interfaces between I&C systems and other process systems

-Good knowledge in organization and technical coordination

-Ability to coordinate, anticipate and prioritize activities

PROFESSIONAL KEY EXPERIENCE

Since July 2011

EDF, I&C Department – Tours

Instrumentation Team manager (6 persons)

Project description

I Put in place suitable technical, organizational and human resources to ensure the success of the

engineering work requested

I Provide all the engineering required to enable the production of all the deliverables identified

within the times scales and with a level of quality that meets the client’s requirements.

Function and responsibility for the assignment:

-Organizes, prioritizes and distributes activities and workloads between engineers’ …

-Monitors the production of deliverables while staying within the budget and the schedule…

-Guides and advises engineers in the search for technical solutions…

-Anticipates and organizes the staffing of the Instrumentation Team

-Oversees the technical consistency of the team’s activities

-Defines I&C systems qualification program.

(2010, 09 – 2011, 07)

UNISTAR, I&C Department – Baltimore (USA)

I&C design Engineer

Project description:

I was responsible for the I&C function and liaison activities on EDF’s US EPR project and for

ensuring that the I&C design and architecture of the EPR conforms to US standards. I was also

responsible for ensuring the compliance with safety requirements during basic design

specifications.

Function and responsibility for the assignment:

-To understand the design and operational aspects of the plant Instrumentation and Control

systems and the role which these systems have within the US context…

-To review technical specifications and design reports for conformity with safety cases…

-To take part of meetings with NRC for the review of I&C EPR design

-To make technical studies for ensuring the compliance of I&C architecture with NRC safety

requirements

(2009, 08 – 2010, 08)

CNPDC, I&C Department – Shenzhen (china)

I&C Design Engineer

Project description:

I provided my expertise on various engineering issues in conformity with EDF’s specialized

procedures and policies adhering to the French EPR reference documents. I worked with suppliers

to ensure that they understand and meet safety requirements, the studies of the detailed design

including equipment qualification, and the definition of technical points and review of documents.

Function and responsibility for the assignment:

-To provide input to, and approval of, non-conformances and design changes as the plant design

evolves…

-To propose scheme to overall I&C design organization, schedule, and interface management of

Taishan EPR project.

-To review technical specifications and design reports for conformity with safety cases

-To define the engineering methods and tools appropriate for the correct execution of tasks.

-To provide my expertise on a wide scope: HMI, qualification, smart devices, international

standards, I&C design

(1996, 07 – 2009, 07)

EDF, I&C Department – Lyon

I&C Design Engineer

Project description:

Based on requirements specified in international standards (IEC 61508, 61511, 61513, 60880) I

wrote technical specifications and parts of French Design Code for specifying I&C design for new

Nuclear Power Plant.

I analyzed the different I&C EPR architectures in order to ensure the compliance of the EPR

design with National Safety Requirements

Function and responsibility for the assignment:

-To carry out reports, to give advices in Instrumentation and Control Process (CI/BOP, NI),

especially for FA3 EPR.

-To write technical specifications for CI/BOP, NI systems (programmable controller) .

-To establish I&C safety and reliability requirements for French codes RCC-E, Preliminary Safety

Analysis Report, Final SAR…

-To present the RCC-E code to the French Safety Authorities

-To analyze and to justify the different I&C EPR architecture

-To review documents written by suppliers

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

International Electroctechnic Commmision (2003– 2009)

As Member of International Electrotechnic Commission, I took part of meetings in order to update

EMC standards and define requirements against EMC hazards. These standards have to follow up

the evolution of electronic technology. The members of the commission and I were in charge of

proposing new tests and requirements related to the new technology.

Workshop Network (1996– 2009)

I took part in a Task Force between AREVA, SIEMENS and EDF in order to propose a qualification

program for the classified networks of the EPR standard control system based on the plateform

SPPA T2000.

National Institute of Applied Science (1996– 2009)

Outside of my working environment, I taught industrial sociology to some 50 students at the

National Institute of Engineering and Science (INSA) in Lyon. I was further involved in the

recruitment process of these students to evaluate their motivation and aspiration .

TRAINING PROGRAMS

Year of Nature of the program

attendance

2008 I&C in Nuclear Power Plant

2008 EPR Design and main characteristics

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