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The 2011 Facility Representative/Safety System Oversight Workshop
May 2 - 6, 2011
Las Vegas, NV

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Workshop Agenda and Presentations

Monday and Tuesday, May 2-3, 2011
Training Courses

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m

Configuration Management
Integration of Safety into the Design Process

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Plenary Session

8:00 a.m.	Welcome to the 2011 Facility Representative/Safety System Oversight Workshop Earl Hughes, Facility Representative and Safety System Oversight Program Manager Office of Nuclear Safety Policy and Assistance Office of Health, Safety and Security
8:05 a.m.	Welcome from the Nevada Site Office John Mallin, Deputy Assistant Manager for Site Operations Nevada Site Office
8:30 a.m.	Opening Remarks Glenn Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer Office of Health, Safety and Security
8:45 a.m.	Facility Representative and Safety System Oversight Award Ceremony Glenn Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer Office of Health, Safety and Security Earl Hughes, Facility Representative and Safety System Oversight Program Manager Office of Nuclear Facility Safety Programs Office of Health, Safety and Security
9:30 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	Perspective from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board The Honorable Joe Bader Member, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
10:45 a.m.	Guest Speaker Ken Picha Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety and Security Management, Office of Environmental Management (filling in for Dae Chung, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary)
11:30 a.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Nuclear Industry Safety Experience George Mortensen, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
1:45 p.m.	NNSA's Approach to Transformational Governance and Oversight Jim McConnell, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Operations, and Governance Reform, National Nuclear Security Administration
2:30 p.m.	DOE O 420.1 Natural Phenomena Hazard Requirements Todd Lapointe, Office of the Chief of Nuclear Safety
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion: Federal Ownership and Contractor Assurance Jim McConnell, National Nuclear Security Administration Ken Picha, Office of Environmental Management Carol Sohn, Office of Science Rick Denning, Idaho Operations Office
4:00 p.m.	Site Lead Program and HSS Oversight John Boulden, Acting Director, Office of Independent Oversight Office of Health, Safety and Security
4:30 p.m.	Occurrence Reporting and Corporate Operating Experience Programs Jeannie Boyle, Occurrence Reporting Program Manager, Office of Corporate Safety Programs, Office of Health, Safety and Security

Thursday, May 5, 2011
Facility Representatives Track

8:00 a.m.	Facility Representatives in the Accident Investigation Process Chuck Lewis, Director, Office of Corporate Safety Programs, Office of Health, Safety and Security
9:00 a.m.	Review of Science Sites Hazard Categorization Carol Sohn, Office of Science
9:30 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned For Federal Staff
	Dan Carter, Los Alamos Site Office: 13.2KV Near Miss Event at TA-55
	Garth Reed, Waste Treatment Plant, Hanford: Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions
	Brian Stickney, Tank Farm Operations, Hanford: C-107 Dome Cut and Mobile Arm Retrieval System
	Richard Mayer II, Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office: Lessons Learned for Nondestructive Assay to Support D&D
11:30 a.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned for Federal Staff
	Dave George, Los Alamos Site Office: Red Fuming Nitric Acid Incident
	James Mumma, Nevada Site Office: Area 5 RWMC Watermaster Rollover Event
	Patrick Sullivan, Brookhaven Site Office: Terminal Room Relay Fire	*Honorable Mention
2:00 p.m.	Operations Assessment Field Handbook Development Session Mike Childers, Pantex Site Office, and Glenn Gamlin, Carlsbad Field Office, facilitators
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Sharing of Good Practices and Lessons Learned for Federal Staff
	David Sanders, Savannah River Site: F-TRU Waste Remediation Facility Puncture Wound	*Best FR Lessons Learned Presentation
	Brian Jones, Pantex Site Office: Dropped HE Billet
	Robert (Ed) English, Savannah River Site: K-area Cooling Tower Demolition	*Honorable Mention
	Gary Schmidtke, Sandia Site Office: Sandia Severe Weather Lessons Learned
	Richard Mayer II, Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office: Lessons on the Depleted UF6 Conversion Project
4:45 p.m.	Summary/Closing Remarks Earl Hughes, Facility Representative and Safety System Oversight Program Manager Office of Nuclear Facility Safety Programs Office of Health, Safety and Security
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Thursday, May 5, 2011
Safety System Oversight Track

8:00 a.m.	Welcome
8:05 a.m.	Safety System Oversight Development Session: Contractor System Engineering Program Assessment Guidelines Carl Sykes, Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety Staff, Facilitator
9:30 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	Joel Fox, Waste Treatment Plant, Hanford: Radial HEPA Filter Testing
10:00 a.m.	Elaine Diaz, Waste Treatment Plant, Hanford: Safety System Oversight in New Construction
11:30 a.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Michael Harmon, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions: Power Distribution Harmonics
	Pranab Guha, HSS: Safety Instrumented System (SIS) Technical Standard
	Jeff Williams, Los Alamos Site Office: Case Study: SIS Technical Standard Application
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Mike Frehner, National Security Technologies: Nevada Site Configuration Management Program
3:00 p.m.	Brian Rhodes, Pantex Site Office: Safety Class Fire Water Supply Project
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn