The fuel buildings for two nuclear power plants in Taiwan were undergoing a critical upgrade, but the project had run into trouble. The engineering and prefabrication phases for the storage units were running behind schedule and new shipments of uranium fuel were already scheduled to arrive. Any delay or cancellation would be extremely costly.

I was brought to Taiwan by Framatome to turn this faltering project around and prevent any further delay in the site operations. This was a complex project that involved dismantling, installing and commissioning several systems, all under very stringent guidelines.

I started by making a thorough assessment and introduced several radical solutions. By shipping equipment by air instead of sea. We partially made up for the accumulated delay. I coordinated the drafting of ad-hoc action plan, health & safety plan and SOPs that allowed the nuclear plants to keep operating within the changing circumstances during the process. I also carefully fostered better cross-cultural; relations between the Taiwanese client and Sino-American-French team to keep everybody engaged and focused.

The project was completed on time, restoring the client trust and avoiding extensive financial liabilities. The project constituted a milestone that led towards similar contracts in France for Framatome and the request of similar proposals in Korea and Spain.