| Annual Facility Representative Workshop |
The 2006 Facility Representative Workshop
May 16 - 19, 2006 Knoxville, Tennessee
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WORKSHOP AGENDA  |
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Day 1: Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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8:00 a.m. |
Opening Remarks
John Evans, Facility Representative Program Manager
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8:15 a.m. |
Welcome from Oak Ridge Office
Gerald Boyd, Manager, Oak Ridge Office
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8:25 a.m. |
Welcome from Y-12 Site Office Theodore Sherry, Manager, Y-12 Site Office
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8:35 a.m. |
Videotaped Remarks from the Deputy Secretary The Honorable Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of Energy
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8:40 a.m. |
Keynote Address - Safety Oversight at Environmental Management Activities Dr. Inés Triay, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Environmental Management
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9:30 a.m. |
Break |
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9:45 a.m. |
Facility Representative of the Year Presentation
Mark B. Whitaker, Jr., Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
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10:15 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 a.m. |
Perspective from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
The Honorable Joseph F. Bader, DNFSB Member
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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
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 a.m. |
Integrated Safety Management Improvements
Dr. Chuan-Fu Wu, Chief Safety Officer, Office of Environmental Management
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2:15 p.m. |
Occupational Safety Lessons Learned Dr. Manuel R. Gomez, Director, Office of Recommendations U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
web site: www.csb.gov |
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3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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3:15 p.m. |
Facility Representative Group Discussions & Presentations
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Day 2: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
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7:50 a.m. |
Introduction
John Evans |
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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 |
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8:45 a.m. |
Quantitative CONOPS Scoring System
Todd Shrader, ORP and Ian Marr, British Nuclear Group, Sellafield England
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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 (2)
- Lessons Learned from a Human Performance Improvement Review
Brian Harkins, ORP FR
- Construction of Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility
Jerry Lipsky, YSO FR

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10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:45 a.m. |
DOE Corporate Operating Experience Program
Raymond Blowitski, Office of Analytical Studies (EH-32), Office of Environment, Safety and Health
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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
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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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
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2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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2:45 p.m. |
NNSA Safety Oversight
Frank Russo, Senior Advisor for Environment, Safety & Health, NNSA
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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
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4:00 p.m. |
Facility Representative Program Summary
John Evans
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Day 3: Thursday, May 18, 2006
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7:50 a.m. |
Introduction John Evans |
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8:00 a.m. |
HEU Transparency Monitor Visits to Russia
Steve Wellbaum, YSO Facility Representative
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8:30 a.m. |
Break |
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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 *
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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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
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
Human Performance Center Raymond Hardwick, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Facility Safety, Office of Environment, Safety and Health
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2:00 p.m. |
INPO Safety Culture Activities George Mortensen, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
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2:45 p.m. |
Break |
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3:00 p.m. |
Los Alamos Type B Accident Investigation Doug Minnema, NA-3.6
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3:30 p.m. |
EFCOG / DOE Electrical Safety Improvement Project Cliff Ashley, DOE-RL
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Day 4: Friday, May 19, 2006
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