Education and Training Series #56: Graded Approach: Not just Why and When, but How
Part of a webinar series hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group since 2016.
Who should attend?
Policymakers, industry professionals, regulators, researchers, students, the general public.
About the "GIF Education and Training" Webinars
These webinars, organised by the GIF Education and Training Working Group are streamed live monthly. The recordings and slide decks are accessible after the webinar on this website. These webinars cover a very broad range of technical and policy related topics. At the end of 2023 they have been viewed by more than 15000 people (approximately half of the views during the live streams and the other half views being of the archives on the public GIF website). In total, the GIF webinars have reached Generation IV enthusiasts, scientists, and engineers in more than 80 countries.
These webinars are organised and hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group (ETWG).
About this Webinar
Standards and regulations in many countries discuss graded approach; some even require it. Criteria or justifications for grading are commonly addressed. Not much, however, is discussed about the methods that can be used to grade a process once the criteria are met. This webinar will remove any mystery associated with graded approach. Mr. Chermak asserts there are only two ways to grade one’s approach to Quality Assurance — and they are very simple. Join us for an interactive discussion of this topic! We look forward to your company while we learn about and delve into graded approach.
Presentation made during the webinar
Meet the presenter
Mr. Vince Chermak is the Assurance Director for the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) Project based at Idaho National Laboratory. He has enjoyed more than 20 years in Nuclear Quality Assurance that spans the U.S. Department of Energy, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, U.S. Commercial Nuclear, ISO, and Nuclear Waste Management industries. He is the INL representative to the IAEA for Supply Chain Management Toolkit development initiative. He also serves as a member of the ASME NQA-1 Subcommittee on International Activities. Mr. Chermak earned a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. Ed. in Mathematics and Physics from The University of Akron. Mr. Chermak firmly believes that one manages things and leads people. Leadership is not a position, it is a decision. Each of us has the responsibility to employ everything in our capacity to bring one another together and walk toward excellence. The most important things we as Leaders can do are recognize and leverage one another's strengths, rather than categorize each other by our differences.