
Workshop Presentations
Wednesday, September 19 - Plenary Session
Facts and Lessons of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Safety Improvement - The Operator Viewpoints
- Akira Kawano, General Manager, Nuclear International Relations and Strategy Group
- Nuclear Power and Plant Siting Administrative Department
- Tokyo Electric Power Company
A Commissioner's Perspective on USNRC Actions in Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
- Honorable William C. Ostendorff, Commissioner
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
International Perspective on Fukushima Accident
- Miroslav Lipár, Head, Operational Safety Section
- Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Dr. Sonja B. Haber, President and Executive Consultant
- Human Performance Analysis Corporation
- Dare to Disagree Video
- Dr. Peter S. Winokur, Chairman
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Wednesday, September 19 - Beyond Design Basis Events Analysis and Response Breakout Session
Development of Guidance for Analysis of Beyond Design Basis Events
- Dr. James O'Brien, Director
- Office of Nuclear Safety
- Office of Health, Safety and Security
- US Department of Energy
Emergency Management Concepts, Existing Guidance, and Changes
- David Freshwater, Emergency Management Specialist
- Office of Emergency Management
- National Nuclear Security Administration
Results from Beyond Design Basis Event Pilots
- Mike Hillman, Program Manager
- Office of Health, Safety and Security
- US Department of Energy
Summary of Emergency Management Results from Pilot Evaluations
- David Freshwater, Emergency Management Specialist
- Office of Emergency Management
- National Nuclear Security Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Handling of Beyond Design Basis Events for Nuclear Power Reactors
- Bill Reckley, Chief
- Policy and Support Branch
- Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate
- Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Wednesday, September 19 - Safety Culture Breakout Session
- Dr. Sonja B. Haber, President and Executive Consultant
- Human Performance Analysis Corporation
What Is Safety Culture and Why Is It Important?
- Monica Haage, Safety Culture Specialist
- International Atomic Energy Agency
Safety Culture in the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Reactor Oversight Process
- Undine Shoop, Chief
- Health Physics and Human Performance Branch
- Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
CSB Investigations and Safety Culture
- Honorable Mark A. Griffon, Board Member
- IUS Chemical Safety Board
Wednesday, September 19 - Risk Assessment and Management Breakout Session
Idaho National Laboratory Advanced Test Reactor Probabilistic Risk Assessment
- Bentley Harwood, Advanced Test Reactor Nuclear Safety Engineer
- Battelle Energy Alliance
- Idaho National Laboratory
Assessing Beyond Design Basis Seismic Events and Implications on Seismic Risk
- Jeffrey Kimball, Technical Specialist (Seismologist)
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
A Proposed Cost-Benefit Analysis Approach for Evaluating DOE Nuclear Facility Design Options
- Dr. Kamiar Jamali, Senior Technical Advisor to the Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety
- National Nuclear Security Administration
Thursday, September 20 - Beyond Design Basis Events Analysis and Response Breakout Session
DOE M&O Contractor Perspectives on Beyond Design Basis Event Analysis and Response
- Ron Crone, Director
- Research Reactors Division
- UT-Battelle, LLC
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Perspective on Beyond Design Basis Event Analysis and Response
- John Schwenker, Nuclear Safety Manager for Liquid Operations
- Savannah River Remediation, LLC
- Savannah River Site
Thursday, September 20 - Safety Culture Breakout Session
What Does Self-Assessment of Safety Culture Look Like? Discussion from the Pantex Plant Perspective
- Dr. Suzanne Helfinstine, Staff Engineer
- High Reliability Operations
- B&W Pantex
- Pantex Plant
External Assessment of Nuclear Safety Culture
- Ward Sproat, Principal Vice President and Deputy Project Director for Design and Operations
- Waste Treatment Plant Project
- Bechtel National, Inc.
What Has DOE Been Doing in the Area of Safety Culture?
- James Hutton, Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety, Security, and Quality Programs and Chief Nuclear Safety Advisor
- Office of Environmental Management
- US Department of Energy
Differing Professional Opinion Summary - Erosion
- Chip Lagdon, Chief of Nuclear Safety
- Office of the Under Secretary for National Security
- US Department of Energy
Thursday, September 20 - Risk Assessment and Management Breakout Session
Prioritizing and Managing Risk Across the Organization
- Cindy Caldwell, Senior Technical Advisor
- Environment, Safety, and Health Directorate
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
FAA Air Traffic Organization Safety Management
- Mark DeNicuolo, Manager
- Performance and Analyses
- Air Traffic Organization Safety and Technical Training
- Federal Aviation Administration
- SMS Stew Video
- Quality Assurance Video
- Voluntary Safety Reporting Systems Video
- Top 5 Safety Hazards Video
Evolution of Risk Management at NASA in the Context of Achieving Adequate Safety
- Dr. Homayoon Dezfuli, NASA Technical Fellow (System Safety)
- Office of Safety and Mission Assurance
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DOE's Approach to Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis and Management
- Dr. James O'Brien, Director
- Office of Nuclear Safety
- Office of Health, Safety and Security
- US Department of Energy
Application of Risk Assessment and Management to Nuclear Safety
- Commissioner George Apostolakis
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Thursday, September 20 - Plenary Session
Leaders Influence Culture and Performance
- Melvin G. Williams, Jr., Vice Admiral, US Navy (retired)
- Associate Deputy Secretary
- US Department of Energy








