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3. CASE STUDY: SAFETY AND RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF RUSHYDRO PLC As a case study let us describe the hydraulic structures’ safety and reliability management system used in RusHydro PLC. The goal of this system is to provide the required level of safety and reliability of hydraulic structures throughout their lifecycle in the most cost-effective way. Implementation of the system allowed RusHydro PLC: To manage the whole set of hydraulic structures operated by the company using evidence-based and cost-effective measures, taking into account contemporary methods; To use both technical and organizational and if needed, social measures of safety management; To enter foreign market of design, development and implementation of safety management systems, including non-power hydraulic structures. Today JSC RusHydro has its own Analytical center for the safety of hydraulic structures and their basic equipment, which help to ensure that the best possible decisions devoted to safety management, reliability and efficiency, are made. The structure of Analytical center includes the Executive office, its branches and research institute. Major activities of the Analytical center includes:  Monitoring of hydraulic structures and their equipment;  State assessment;  If needed, development of changes to mid-term and long-term production and R&D programs and technical policies;  The control of compliance with the safety and reliability requirements;  Taking part in declaration of safety and safety criteria development, drawing up the list of priority measures aimed to support and enhance the safety level within the period between declarations.  The current activity of Analytical center made it possible:  To predict the state of hydraulic structures and their equipment and if needed, to develop measures aimed to enhance it;  To create the hydraulic structures database, this made it possible to compile the experience of state monitoring and to harmonize R&D programs;  To unify methods of safety assessment and control used by different hydraulic facilities and to develop model solutions;  To develop uniform format of reporting of the state of hydraulic structures used by their technical managers, uniform requirements and standards of state assessment, certificates and safety criteria.  To minimize the gap in competencies of the staff of different hydraulic facilities by development of their skills, taking part in monitoring and state assessment, making of annual reports, etc. 901