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| Annual Facility Representative Workshop |
The 2009 Facility Representative Workshop
May 12 - 14, 2009 Las Vegas, NV
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WORKSHOP AGENDA  |
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Day 1: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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8:00 a.m. |
Opening Remarks
James Heffner, Facility Representative Program Manager
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance Office of Health, Safety and Security
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8:15 a.m. |
Welcome from the Nevada Site Office
Steve Lawrence, Deputy Manager Nevada Site Office
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8:30 a.m. |
Workshop Keynote Address
Glenn Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer Office of Health, Safety and Security
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9:15 a.m. |
Perspective from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
The Honorable Larry W. Brown Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Member
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9:45 a.m. |
Break |
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10:00 a.m. |
Facility Representative of the Year Presentation & Photo Session
James Heffner, Facility Representative Program Manager
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance
Office of Health, Safety and Security
Andy Wallo, Deputy Director,
Office of Nuclear Safety, Quality Assurance and Environment
Office of Health, Safety and Security
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11:00 a.m. |
Safety System Oversight Discussion
Earl Hughes
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance
Office of Health, Safety and Security
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11:30 a.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00 p.m. |
DOE Order 422.X, Conduct of Operations Draft Status
Jeff Cravens, Facility Representative
Y-12 Site Office
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1:30 p.m. |
NRC Risk-Informed Oversight Process
Leonard Willoughby, Yucca Senior Resident
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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2:15 p.m. |
Break |
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2:30 p.m. |
Facility Representative Success Stories Panel
Doug Dearolph, Manager
Savannah River Site Office
John Eschenberg, Assistant Manager for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Project
Office of River Protection
Jeff Cravens, Facility Representative
Y-12 Site Office
Moderator: Steve Petras
Office of the Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Office of Health, Safety and Security
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4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
Day 2: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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8:00 a.m. |
Introduction
James Heffner, Facility Representative Program Manager
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance
Office of Health, Safety and Security
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8:05 a.m. |
Keynote Address
Shane Johnson, Acting Assistant Secretary
Office of Nuclear Energy
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9:00 a.m. |
ORPS Causal Analysis Tree Training
Ed Sierra
Quality Management Office
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. |
DOE "Near Miss" ORPS Reports (Vintage 2007): A Narrative Study
Ed Sierra
Quality Management Office
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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11:00 a.m. |
Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned
- Inadvertent Drop of High Explosives
Jaime San Mateo, Facility Representative Livermore Site office
* HONORABLE MENTION BEST PRESENTATION *

- DC Shock Event at Physical Science Facility Construction Site
Joe Christ, Facility Representative Pacific Northwest Site Office

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11:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00 a.m. |
Discussion of Near Miss Definition and Changes to ORPS Manual
Jerry Lipsky, Lead Operations Engineer Y-12 Site Office
Jeannie Boyle, Occurrence Reporting and Operating Experience Program Manager
Office of Corporate Safety Analysis
Office of Health, Safety and Security
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2:00 p.m. |
Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned
- Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Systems
Paul Hirschman, Facility Representative
Office of River Protection

- Transuranic Waste Drum Deflagration Event
David George, Facility Representative
Los Alamos Site Office

- Facility Temporary Modification Leads to Electrical Circuit Feedback
Noel Williams, Facility Representative
Pantex Site Office

- Rocket Sled Track Accident
Michael Brown, Facility Representative
Sandia Site Office
* HONORABLE MENTION BEST PRESENTATION *

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3:20 p.m. |
Break |
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3:40 p.m. |
Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned
- High Level Waste Removal Efforts
Scott Nicholson, Facility Representative
Savannah River Operations Office

- 618-7 Burial Ground Remediation and Waste Disposal
Ed MacAlister, Facility Representative
Richland Operations Office

- TSR Violations and Enhanced Oversight and Recovery for Spent Fuel Operations
Brad Davis, Facility Representative
Idaho Operations Office

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5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
Day 3: Thursday, May 14, 2009
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8:00 a.m. |
Introduction
James Heffner, Facility Representative Program Manager
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance
Office of Health, Safety and Security |
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8:10 a.m. |
Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned
- CONOPs Forensics
John Krepps, Facility Representative
Los Alamos Site Office

- Human Performance Successes at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Pat Sullivan, Facility Representative
Brookhaven Site Office
- Operational Emergency at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility
Gary Clifton, Facility Representative
Oak Ridge Office

- Fall Through Deck Plate at Bldg. 983 Z-Machine High Bay
Veronica Martinez, Facility Representative
Sandia Site Office

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9:30 a.m. |
Break |
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9:45 a.m. |
Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned
- Nevada Test Site Environmental Restoration
James Mumma, Facility Representative
Nevada Site Office
- Foreign Material Exclusion and Clean Area Controls at the Advanced Test Reactor
Rick Denning, Facility Representative
Idaho Operations Office
* VOTED MOST OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION *

- Fire Event at the Salt Waste Processing Facility Construction Sit
Scott McMullin, Facility Representative
Savannah River Operations Office
* HONORABLE MENTION BEST PRESENTATION *

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10:45 a.m. |
Program Summary
James Heffner, Facility Representative Program Manager
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance
Office of Health, Safety and Security
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11:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00 p.m. |
Tours:
- Criticality Experiments Facility
- Cirque du Soleil
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