Breaking News May 2nd and 4th Morning Susan B. Derrington, Program Support Planning Manager, Material & Mechanical Operations, Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, gave a talk on "Sodium-Potassium Chemical Reaction at the Y-12 Plant, Lessons Learned and Corrective Actions". The chemical reaction caused an explosion which resulted in multiple injuries. This incident occurred at 9:35 A.M on December 8, 1999. The chemical explosion injured 11 workers, three of whom required hospitalization. One worker had third-degree burns on 17 percent of his body and was in critical condition, received a number of skin grafts, and was in the hospital for about two weeks. This was a Type A investigation. Because of the overwhelming response, Susan gave two talks. Dr. Charles Martin is a Senior Technical Specialist with the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). He oversees the nuclear weapon surveillance program, nuclear explosive safety, dynamic experiments at LANL, software quality assurance, and safety of explosives and detonators. He gave a presentation on " Quality Assurance for Safety-Related Software at Defense Nuclear Facilities" (Abstract) . Dr. Martin emphasized that confidence in safe operation of nuclear facilities depends highly on the quality of computer codes. Software quality assurance (SQA) is achieved through systematic development, testing, documentation, maintenance, and execution of various stages.
Susan B. Derrington		Charles Martin

Last Modified: 15-November-2000

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