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  Annual Facility Representative Workshop  

The 2009 Facility Representative Workshop
May 12 - 14, 2009
Las Vegas, NV
Facility Rep of the Year Award  |  Attendees list |  Summary Report [PDF]


WORKSHOP AGENDA 
Final

Day 1: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
  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

  8:15 a.m. Welcome from the Nevada Site Office
Steve Lawrence, Deputy Manager
Nevada Site Office

  8:30 a.m. Workshop Keynote Address
Glenn Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer
Office of Health, Safety and Security

  9:15 a.m. Perspective from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
The Honorable Larry W. Brown
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Member

  9:45 a.m. Break
  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
  11:00 a.m. Safety System Oversight Discussion
Earl Hughes
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance
Office of Health, Safety and Security

  11:30 a.m. Lunch
  1:00 p.m. DOE Order 422.X, Conduct of Operations Draft Status
Jeff Cravens, Facility Representative
Y-12 Site Office

  1:30 p.m. NRC Risk-Informed Oversight Process
Leonard Willoughby, Yucca Senior Resident
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  2:15 p.m. Break
  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

  4:30 p.m. Adjourn

Day 2: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
  8:00 a.m. Introduction
James Heffner, Facility Representative Program Manager
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance
Office of Health, Safety and Security
  8:05 a.m. Keynote Address
Shane Johnson, Acting Assistant Secretary
Office of Nuclear Energy

  9:00 a.m. ORPS Causal Analysis Tree Training
Ed Sierra
Quality Management Office
Brookhaven National Laboratory

  10:00 a.m. Break
  10:15 a.m. DOE "Near Miss" ORPS Reports (Vintage 2007): A Narrative Study
Ed Sierra
Quality Management Office
Brookhaven National Laboratory
  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

  11:45 p.m. Lunch
  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
  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 *
  3:20 p.m. Break
  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

  5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Day 3: Thursday, May 14, 2009
  8:00 a.m. Introduction
James Heffner, Facility Representative Program Manager
Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance
Office of Health, Safety and Security
  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

  9:30 a.m. Break
  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 *
  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

  11:30 p.m. Lunch
  1:00 p.m. Tours:
  • Criticality Experiments Facility
  • Cirque du Soleil
 
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