About Me

Dr.-Ing. Eberhard Grauf

Dr. Grauf held Management Positions in 2 German PWR Nuclear Power Plant Projects

3 – Loop PWR 875 MW Project 1972 – 2004

Neckar Unit 1

  • Project Engineer “Nuclear Island” 1972 – 1976
  • Engineering and Maintenance Manager “Nuclear Island” 1976 – 1981
  • Operation Manager / Dep. Plant Manager 1981 – 2004

4 – Loop 1400 MW PWR KONVOI Type (latest German NPP project) 1987 – 2004

Neckar Unit 2

  • Project Management Team with Focus on Preparation for Plant Operation 1987 – 1989
  • Operation / Plant Manager 1989 – 2004

European Pressurized Water Reactor EPR

  • EPR Basic design: German Utilities Technical expert 1990 – 2000 “Safety system design” and “Operability and Maintainability”
  • EPR Olkiluoto 3: TVO consultancy services 2006 – 2011 Design, Maintainability, Spare Parts, Contract issues
  • EPR Olkiluoto 3: on behalf AREVA GmbH 2018 – 2019: Transfer to Nuclear Commissioning “Change Organisation and Processes”

Review Activities

On Behalf of IAEA:

  • Assessments of Safety Significant Events (ASSET)
  • Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Reviews missions (INIR)
  • Special Task Forces.

On Behalf of WANO:

  • Site and Corporate PEER Reviews

Advisory Activities

  • VGB, German Operator Organization:  Member and chair of “German Group of Training Experts” (nuclear)
  • IAEA Member and Chair “International Working Group for Training and Qualification”

On Behalf of German Government:

  • Reactor Safety Commission RSK (1989 – 2004) and (2006 – to date)
  • RSK Sub Group “Reactor Operation” (1989 – to date)

On behalf of EDF-Energy (former British Energy):

  • “Training Standard and Accreditation Board” (2005 – to date)

Consulting Projects 2004 to date (highlights only)

  • Update of German Nuclear Guidelines (focus on safety system design and operation requirements) (Regulator)
  • Outage preparation process “Renewal and backfitting projects” (utility)
  • Outage Management: review and optimization (utility)
  • Human Resource and Cost Optimization for large multiple decommissioning project (owner)
  • Review of Management Training program (IAEA)
  • Review of HR Development programs (IAEA var. countries)
  • Large Privatization and Rehabilitation project; Pakistan, conventional (utility, investor)
  • Training and Lecturing:  IAEA var. countries, ENSTTI, NRG, Steinbeis (PWR Basics), FTU (FZK), Argonne US National Lab