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  Annual Facility Representative Workshop  

The 2006 Facility Representative Workshop
May 16 - 19, 2006
Knoxville, Tennessee
Facility Rep of the Year Award  |  Attendees list  |  Summary Report [PDF]


WORKSHOP AGENDA  
Final

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  Day 1: Tuesday, May 16, 2006
  8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
John Evans, Facility Representative Program Manager
  8:15 a.m. Welcome from Oak Ridge Office
Gerald Boyd, Manager, Oak Ridge Office
  8:25 a.m. Welcome from Y-12 Site Office
Theodore Sherry, Manager, Y-12 Site Office
  8:35 a.m. Videotaped Remarks from the Deputy Secretary
The Honorable Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of Energy
  8:40 a.m. Keynote Address - Safety Oversight at Environmental Management Activities
Dr. Inés Triay, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Environmental Management
 
  9:30 a.m. Break
  9:45 a.m. Facility Representative of the Year Presentation
Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.,
Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

  10:15 a.m. Break
  10:30 a.m. Perspective from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
The Honorable Joseph F. Bader, DNFSB Member
 
  11:00 a.m. Senior Management Panel
Moderator: John Evans
Inés Triay; Gerald Boyd; Ted Sherry; Mark B. Whitaker; Mike Weis, Deputy Manager, Richland Operations Office

  12:00 p.m. Lunch
  1:30 a.m. Integrated Safety Management Improvements
Dr. Chuan-Fu Wu, Chief Safety Officer, Office of Environmental Management
 
  2:15 p.m. Occupational Safety Lessons Learned
Dr. Manuel R. Gomez, Director, Office of Recommendations
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

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  3:00 p.m. Break
  3:15 p.m. Facility Representative Group Discussions & Presentations

Day 2: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
  7:50 a.m. Introduction
John Evans
  8:00 a.m. Recent Oak Ridge Type B Accident Investigation
Stephen McCracken, Assistant Manager for Environmental Management, Oak Ridge Office
 
Ed Blackwood, Director, Office of Regulatory Liaison, EH Headquarters
  8:45 a.m. Quantitative CONOPS Scoring System
Todd Shrader, ORP and Ian Marr, British Nuclear Group, Sellafield England
 
  9:30 a.m. Break
  9:45 a.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (2)
  • Lessons Learned from a Human Performance Improvement Review
    Brian Harkins, ORP FR
     
  • Construction of Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility
    Jerry Lipsky, YSO FR
  10:30 a.m. Break
  10:45 a.m. DOE Corporate Operating Experience Program
Raymond Blowitski, Office of Analytical Studies (EH-32), Office of Environment, Safety and Health
 
  11:30 a.m. Panel - Oversight Requirements from Draft DOE M 226.1, DOE Safety Oversight Manual
Moderator: John Evans
Richard Black, Director of Nuclear Facility Safety Policy, (EH-22); Jay MacDonald, YSO; Jerry Lipsky, YSO Facility Representative

  12:15 p.m. Lunch
  1:30 p.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (3)
  • Lessons Learned on As-Found Condition at Scrap Yard
    Ron Kirk, ORO FR
     
  • Security Awareness Oversight
    Tim Henderson, NSO FR
  • Tools Used by RL Facility Representatives
    Steve McDuffie, RL FR
     
  2:30 p.m. Break
  2:45 p.m. NNSA Safety Oversight
Frank Russo, Senior Advisor for Environment, Safety & Health, NNSA
 
  3:30 p.m. Independent Oversight Activities
Dr. Patricia Worthington, Director, Environment, Safety and Health Evaluations (SP-44), Office of Security and Safety Performance Assurance
 
  4:00 p.m. Facility Representative Program Summary
John Evans
 

Day 3: Thursday, May 18, 2006
  7:50 a.m. Introduction
John Evans
  8:00 a.m. HEU Transparency Monitor Visits to Russia
Steve Wellbaum, YSO Facility Representative
  8:30 a.m. Break
  8:45 a.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (4)
  • Fire V-Tank Project Granular Activated Charcoal Filter
    Bob Knighten, ID FR
     
  • Lessons Learned from Waste Transfer Pipe Modification Work
    Brandon Williamson, ORP FR
     
  • Startup of Sandia Pulse Reactor
    Kevin Gray, SSO FR
  • Lessons Learned from a Critical Experiment
    Pat Lewis, LASO FR

    * VOTED OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION *
  10:00 a.m. Break
  10:15 a.m. Facility Representatives Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned (4)
  • Oversight in Non-nuclear Facilities
    Jaime San Mateo, LSO FR
     
  • Hand Injury from Table Saw, Type B Accident Investigation
    Mike Goriup, ID FR
     
  • Electrical Safety @ Savannah River Site (Cold and Dark Process)
    Edwin Deshong, SR FR
     
  • H-Canyon Standdown
    John Barnes, SR FR
     
  12:00 p.m. Lunch
  1:30 p.m. Human Performance Center
Raymond Hardwick, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Facility Safety, Office of Environment, Safety and Health
 
  2:00 p.m. INPO Safety Culture Activities
George Mortensen, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
 
  2:45 p.m. Break
  3:00 p.m. Los Alamos Type B Accident Investigation
Doug Minnema, NA-3.6
 
  3:30 p.m. EFCOG / DOE Electrical Safety Improvement Project
Cliff Ashley, DOE-RL
 

Day 4: Friday, May 19, 2006
  8:00 a.m. Tour of ORNL Spallation Neutron Source
- meet at SNS parking lot (Directions to be provided during workshop)
  10:00 a.m. End Tour