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  Annual Facility Representative Workshop  

The 2008 Facility Representative Workshop
May 13 - 15, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Facility Rep of the Year Award  |  Attendees list  |  Summary Report [PDF]


WORKSHOP AGENDA 
Final

Day 1: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
  8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
James Heffner, Facility Representative Program Manager
  8:15 a.m. Welcome from the Nevada Site Office
Stephen Mellington, Acting Manager, Nevada Site Office
  8:30 a.m. Keynote Address
William C. Ostendorff, NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator
  9:00 a.m. Site Office Manager's Perspective on Facility Representative Leadership Expectations
Michael Weis, Manager, Pacific Northwest Site Office
  9:30 a.m. Perspective from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
The Honorable Larry W. Brown, DNFSB Member
  10:30 a.m. Break
  10:45 a.m. Facility Representative of the Year Presentation
Glenn S. Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer
Office of Health, Safety and Security

  11:45 a.m. Lunch
  1:00 p.m. Presentation & Group Exercise,
Leadership opportunities that Facreps have on the Human Performance of site contractors
Shane Bush, BushCo, Inc.

  3:00 p.m. Break
  3:15 p.m. Presentation & Group Exercise, continued
Shane Bush, BushCo, Inc.
  5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Day 2: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
  8:00 a.m. Introduction
James Heffner
  8:05 a.m. Keynote Address
Dave Jonas, General Counsel, National Nuclear Security Administration
  9:00 a.m. Operations Oversight Panel Discussion
Bob Goldsmith, Director, EM Operations Oversight
Todd Lapointe, Chief of Nuclear Safety
Don Nichols, Chief Defense Nuclear Safety
Moderator: Brendan Burns
  10:00 a.m. Break
  10:15 a.m. Option #1: FR Roles on Integrated Project Teams
Jerry Lipsky, Y-12
Option #2: Overview of DOE National Training Center - Safety Training
Jim Szenasi, NTC
  10:45 a.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (2)
  • Packaging and Shipping SARPs
    Kevin Gray, SSO
  • Facility Deactivation
    William Bell, SR
  11:30 a.m. New Causal Factors Analysis Process to Support a High Reliability Organization
Richard Hartley, BWXT Pantex
  12:15 p.m. Lunch
  1:30 a.m. HSS Safety Directives Project Plan/Revision to Conduct of Operations Requirements Order
Stephen Kirchhoff, Chief of Staff, Office of Health, Safety and Security

Bob Seal, ID

  2:00 p.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (4)
  • Construction Safety Lessons Learned from the Waste Treatment and Immobiliation Plant Project
    Jim Navarro, ORP
  • The Changing Role of the FR from Facility Operations to D&D
    David George, LASO
  • Tritium Extraction Facility HVAC Lessons Learned
    Edwin R. Deshong and Andrew Kuo, SRSO
  • Legacy Issues Lessons Learned
    Tony Dull, YSO
  3:20 p.m. Break
  3:40 p.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (4)
  • Building 151 Electrical Shock Event
    Sherman Chao, LSO
  • Conduct of Operations Improvements at K Basins
    Dennis Humphreys, RL
  • Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) facility lessons learned
    Charlie Wright, ORO
  • Comparing DOD Risk Management and DOE Integrated Safety Management A “New” FACREP Perspective
    Adam Janczewski, BHSO
  5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Day 3: Thursday, May 15, 2008
  8:00 a.m. Introduction
James Heffner
  8:10 a.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (4)
  • Natural Gas Deflagration Occurred Inside an Electric Fire Water Pump Controller
    Daniel Carter, LASO
  • Trench Box Peronnel Injury

  • Danny Punch, PXSO
  • Readiness Assessments Lessons Learned

  • Ed Garza, ID
    * VOTED OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION *
  • High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) Cold Source Restart Activities

  • Michael Woods, ORO
  9:30 a.m. Break
  9:45 a.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (4)
  • Tank S-102 Waste Spill Event Summary and Lessons Learned
    Ron Frink and Mark Brown, ORP
    * HONORABLE MENTION BEST PRESENTATION *

    S-102 Type A Accident Investigation Report
  • 2007 INL Wildland Fire Event
    Jim Geringer, ID
    * HONORABLE MENTION BEST PRESENTATION *
  • Remote Worker Program
    Scottie Fryar, SR
  • Tonopah Recovery Lessons Learned
    Heather Trumble, SSO
    * HONORABLE MENTION BEST PRESENTATION *
  11:30 a.m. Program Summary
James Heffner
  12:00 p.m. Lunch
  1:30 p.m. Tour:
  • Nellis Air Force Base Remote Sensing Laboratory
  • Cirque du Soleil
 
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