CNAT brings together a team of 839 professionals characterised by their experience and high qualifi - cations: 48% have a university degree.
There were 21 new recruits during 2015 and in all cases prior to their recruitment to their work place, they received initial training and specifi c training about their work place functions. These recruits facilitate staff turnover while ensuring the safe and reliable operation of the plants in the long-term.
CNAT staff, with an average age of 50, are mainly concentrated in Extremadura (51%), Castilla-La Mancha (39%) and Madrid (10%). The presence of women in the different groups within the company, stood at 8.8%, and the recruitment of young graduates with a broad qualifi cation is notable.
It should also be noted that the CNAT staff is continuously supported by personnel from external companies during normal operation of the plants, and especially, during refuelling.
PREVENTION OF WORK PLACE RISKS
The continuous improvement in working conditions and the quality of working life for all those employed, is a basic CNAT objective. The Board is committed to improving the health and safety culture in the workplace and involves all levels of the organisation in it, and all who works at CNAT are the main players in prevention, equivalent to the Board, its managers and leadership.
During 2015 CNAT's own Prevention Service has established risk detection tools using IT, facilitating trend analysis of routine activities.
The most signifi cant activities include the audit of the prevention management system, without any deviation or non-compliance. Rated strengths by the auditing entity, include Board involvement; supervision of the work in-Plant (monitoring); risk analysis of routine activities; fi eld observation programme; coordination of business activities; satisfactory assessment of the development of prevention in all workplaces, by the Workers Representatives or in the management of emergencies. The rating of the integration of Prevention in the organisation was very good.
Throughout 2015 several actions have been taken Plan 2015-2018, such as the introduction of a weekly Safety Minute; conducting two awareness campaigns on musculoskeletal disorders and the inherent risks of the surrounding environment; implementation of the occupational risk prevention observations for managers; development of a guide to spread awareness of accidents in the organisation; defi nition of a methodology for assessing the integration of preventive culture in the Contracting companies, and involvement of the partner companies in the Action Plan by requesting preventive action plans.
The cross-organisation self-evaluation between the Technical Prevention Sections at Almaraz and Trillo plants is also noteworthy, which analyses the best practices in every workplace, in order to promote even more convergence on the prevention of occupational hazards.
CNAT is convinced that all accidents can and should be avoided, and regards risk control and training of all individuals working in its work centres as key tools to achieve the goal of zero accidents.
With regard to the accident rate, there has been a reduction in the overall frequency rates, and more severe accidents involving time off work for in-house staff, and for the total of own staff plus contractors compared to 2014./p>
CNAT's Prevention Service employs a Health Surveillance unit at each Plant, which is responsible for monitoring the health of workers in the three workplaces, and in their medical examinations they employ all the specifi c health surveillance protocols required by the risk assessment conducted by Prevention Technical for each post.
Also, this unit performs functions of health care, support in medical emergencies or accidents, and maintain Level accreditation for caring for irradiated and contaminated casualties.
With the aim to maintain health of our workers with the highest quality standards, in Planning Preventive Activity for 2015, in addition to specifi c Health Surveillance activities, a programme of health promotion "2015 Healthy Company Plan" was introduced. The most signifi cant actions of this Plan were the briefi ngs held at the three centres on nutrition and healthy habits, prevention of colon cancer and also on positive psychology, taught by expert, and this was well received by all staff. Three health promotion campaigns were run, consisting of a colon cancer screening (fecal occult blood), another ophthalmic pathology screening campaign (retinography) and another on oral pathology. The reception of all briefi ngs and campaigns was very favourable, and a desire to repeat them and introduce new actions was expressed.
TRAINING
The skills of people working for the Almaraz-Trillo Nuclear Power Plants is one of the priority areas of interest, and for that reason CNAT has permanent resources devoted to the planning and development of annual training plans for each work centre, not only for initial training, but also retraining and training in management skills.
In 2015, 766 initial and retraining courses were para 217,436 hours of training for 6,034 workers, including future plant operators (29 young students in training).
The part of the training programme dedicated tothe retraining of workers represented 43%, and that corresponding to initial training was 57%. During the year, 805 CNAT employees (96% of the total) participated in training activities, totalling 72,363 hours of training, and the average training hours per employee was 90 hours, representing an annual day dedication ratio of 5.5%. The training programmes for future plant operators, prior to joining the workforce, have resulted in the implementation of more than 40,390 hours trainingduring the year.
In regard to monitoring the qualifi cation of contracting personnel, CNAT continued to encourage improvements in their training, by providing support for training activities planned for theirstaff, and by arranging specifi c training action for these workers. In 2015, 104,683 hours of training were dedicated to 5,200 workers belonging to contractors.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
Internal communication represents a strategic element for CNAT. Throughout the year several actions and initiatives were started under the Internal Communication Plan and the 2015- 2018 Action Plan. Communication channels that the company makes available to employees have been strengthened, and the internal magazine "CNAT World", the newsletters "In fi ve minutes" and "Current" should be noted, the latter dedicated to the development and evolution of the Action Plan. During 2015 regular broadcasting has started, via e-mail, of videos of very short duration (eg: "Safety minute" dedicated to the prevention of occupational risks), for their recognised effectiveness as a communication tool.
CNAT continues to have direct, fl uid and stable relationships with the institutions in surrounding areas, which in 2015 has enabled 4 semi-annual meetings to be held, two at each plant, with the mayors of nearby municipalities and with the media. In these meetings all the information concerning operational results is presented together with news about future plans and projects. 163 personalised meetings were also held with mayors of surrounding municipalities to study on a bilateral basis the relationships of the Plants with each municipality and potential collaboration channels. In addition, this year the management of both plants is actively involved in local Information Committees, convened by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, and provides any information required at all times
The commitment of the Almaraz and Trillo plants to their neighbouring communities is refl ected in the cooperation agreements that have been renewed in the fi elds of economic and social, environmental and educational development projects.
Similarly, CNAT has renewed cooperation agreements with news and press agencies most representative of the Plant environs, and these are used to promote the training and specialisation of Information Science fi nal year students on nuclear sourced electricity production. A nuclear technology course for communication media professionals was also held at the Trillo installation, which is run annually.
The informative actions by CNAT on nuclear energy and on the operation of its plants is confi rmed by the welcoming of 11,514 visitors this year in the Information Centres, 5,241 at Almaraz and 6,273 at Trillo. Between the two Plants, over one million people have visited the Almaraz and Trillo installations since they began operating in 1977 and 1981 respectively. Meanwhile, both the website (www.cnat.es) as well as the blog www. energiaymas.es, contribute to this task of creating closer ties with the nuclear world by offering relevant information about the activity of the plants and their environments.
To ensure continuous improvement of the quality of products and associated services, CNAT ensures that its suppliers are aware of and participate in the company's work processes andprotocols.
Trading volume in 2015 was €250.6 M. Of the total number of identifi ed suppliers (812) with contract awards, 92.5% (751) were domestic suppliers.
