Inadequate Analysis and Planning

As with many other management issues, the three keys to success are plan, plan, plan. Such planning is difficult to achieve in forming a JNOC, however, because there is little historical experience and successes to draw upon. Hence, JNOC formation calls for a comprehensive process that actively seeks out issues, and then resolves each of them thoughtfully and in a disciplined manner. 

JNOC formation is complicated, and includes many considerations. There are several interrelated analyses that are required up-front. Examples include 

This short chapter can hardly do justice to such an important but complicated topic as JNOC formation. While we believe that there are few barriers to forming a JNOC that cannot be surmounted, the biggest barrier appears to be the JNOC formation process itself utilized by many utilities. Considering the significant cost and risk-sharing benefits potentially available from a JNOC, it has so far only represented a missed opportunity for many nuclear plant owners. 

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