17^th Annual Safety Analysis Working Group Workshop Information/Presentations

May 19 – 24, 2007

Idaho Falls, ID

Updated 07/24/07

For a list of attendees, click here

SAWG 2007 Workshop Photos

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Training Sessions

• Control Selection Process

• Introduction to Plutonium Metallurgy

• Leak Path Factor

• Criticality Accidents and Lessons Learned

• Technical Safety Requirements

• Fire Severity and Source Term Analysis

Sunday May 20, 2007

Training Sessions

• Chemical Dispersion and Consequence Assessment

• USQ Refresher

• MACCS2 for DOE Safety Analysis Applications

• CFAST

• DOE-STD-1189, Integration of Safety into the Design Process - An overview of the REVCOM Draft Standard - Brad Evans, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Jerry Bueck, OMICRON/NSTec Nevada Test Site

• Safety Design Integration

Monday, May 21, 2007r

Tour of the Advanced Test Reactor and the Materials and Fuels Complex

Training Sessions

• Risk Analysis Fundamentals

Subgroup Meetings

• USQ Subgroup Meeting (Poster)

• Accident Analysis Subgroup Meeting (Poster)

• DOE-STD-1027 Working Group Meeting

• Safety Basis Subgroup Meeting (Poster)

Tuesday, May 22, 2007or Event

Plenary Session and Keynote Address - Grand Teton/Yellowstone Rooms Combined

• Workshop Welcome—Paula Ostby, INL

• DOE Welcome—Elizabeth Sellers, DOE-ID

• INL Welcome—John Grossenbacher, INL

• EFCOG Welcome—Juan Alvarez, INL

• SAWG Welcome—Andrew Vincent, SRS

• Dr. David Hill, INL - Keynote Address

Panel Session

• Current Challenges for Supporting Operations with Safety Analysis - David Renfro, Chair - James O’Brien Presentation

• Luncheon Speaker - William Wark - Presentation

Paper Sessions

• Accident Analysis/Code - Belinda Niemi, Chair

  • Pantex Cell Facility History and Accident Analysis of HEVR Accident Scenarios - Harvey Bellamy &  Erik Eifert, BWXT Pantex - Presentation

  • Experiences and Lessons Learned During Verification and Validation of the MELCOR Code - Tomas Sanchez & Louis Restrepo, OMICRON  - Presentation

  • Comparison of Consequence Analysis Results from Two Methods of Processing Site Meteorological Data - Dave Thoman, WSMS - Paper – Presentation

  • A Potential Application of Uncertainty Analysis to DOE-STD-3009-94 Accident Analysis - Don Palmrose, LLNL - Paper – Presentation

  • Does a Safety Class Active Ventilation System Significantly Enhance Safety? - Patrick McClure, LANL - Paper – Presentation

  • Comparison of RSAC and MACCS2 - Ivan Stepan, CWI - Presentation

  • Ensuring Conservation in Leak Path Factor Calculations with MELCOR - Patrick McClure, LANL - Paper – Presentation

• Criticality Safety/Safety And Design Integration - Kevin Carroll, Chair

  • Safeguards/Security Integration with Safety Analysis - Janice Hearn, WSMS, & James Lightner, WSMS - Paper – Presentation

  • Safety Instrumented Functions as Criticality Defenses - William Hearn, WSRC, & Larry Suttinger, SRNL - Paper – Presentation

  • Achieving and Optimum Balance Among Operations, Engineering, and Safety Analysis - Ted Miller, ARES - Presentation

  • Container Surveillance and Storage Capability Criticality Analysis - Matthew Miller, WSMS - Paper – Presentation

  • Lessons Learned in Defining the Role of Safety Basis in the Conceptual Design of New DOE Nuclear Facilities - Scott Rogers, Navarro Research and Engineering - Paper - Presentation

  • Fast Reactor Spent Fuel Processing: Experience and Criticality Safety - Chad Pope, INL - Paper – Presentation

  • Integrating Safety into Design of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit - Rodney Peatross, CWI - Presentation

  • Integration of Criticality Safety and the DSA - Patrice McEahern, CH2M Hill, & Mike Thieme, CWI - Presentation

•  Fire Safety  -  John Farquarson, Chair

  • Synthesis of SAR and FHA Methodologies - Allan Coutts, WGI - Paper – Presentation

  • Lessons Learned from Close Interaction Between Nuclear Safety and Fire Protection within the Idaho Cleanup Project - Michael LaFreniere, CWI - Presentation

  • Quantitative Evaluation of Fire Separation and Barriers - Allan Coutts & Connie Blanton, WGI Paper – Presentation

  • Estimating Maximum Droplet Size that can Evaporate to a Respirable Size Droplet - Jonathan, PNNL - Paper – Presentation

  • Flashing Slurry Releases - Jonathan Young, PNNL - Paper – Presentation

  • Modeling Ventilation System Response to Fire - Allan Coutts, WGI - Paper – Presentation

  • Reevaluation of the 1995 Hanford Large Scale Drum Fire Test Results - Joong Yang, LLNL  - Paper – Presentation

Wednesday, May 23, 2007Topic or Event

Paper Sessions

• Hazard Analysis/Hazard Categorization - Rob McKeehan, Chair

  • Effects of Progeny and Trace Contaminants on Hazard Categorization Assessments - William Walker, WSMS - Paper – Presentation

  • Downgrading the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) TA-18 from a Hazard Category 2 Nuclear Facility to a Radiological Facility - Bruce White, LANL - Paper - Presentation

  • Successfully Increasing the DOE-STD-1027 Hazard Category 3 (HC-3) Threshold Quantities (TQs) - Stacey Strickland, Sonalysts, Inc., and Rich Norman, LANL - Paper – Presentation

  • Consideration of In Growth of Radionuclides for Facility Hazard Categorization - Robert Miller, INL - Paper – Presentation

  • Standardization of DOE TRU Waste Safety Analysis Activities - Jeff Woody, Atlas Consulting - Paper – Presentation

  • Potential for Phosgene in UF6 Cylinders - John Hoffmeister, WSMS - Paper – Presentation

  • Development of Consistent Hazard Controls for DOE Transuranic Waste Operations - Jeff Woody, Atlas Consulting - Paper – Presentation

• Safety Basis Development - Don Palmrose, Chair

  • A Disciplined Approach to Accident Analysis Development and Control Selection - Terry Ortner, SRS, & Mukesh Gupta, WSMS - Paper – Presentation

  • DOE-ID Review of the Materials and Fuels Complex Documented Safety Analysis - Robert Boston, DOE-ID  - Paper – Presentation

  • Advanced Test Reactor Design Basis Reconstitution Issue Resolution Process - Steven Winter, INL - Paper – Presentation

  • Lessons Learned from Development and Implementation of Unicorn Technical Safety Requirements - Ginger Atwood, LANL - Paper – Presentation

  • Safety Basis Development/Implementation for Limited Life Facilities - Ray Jasniecki, Pine Bluff Chemical Disposal Facility WGI - Paper – Presentation

  • Generic Decontamination and Decommissioning DSA - Calvin Morgan, CWI - Presentation

  • Use of the Forward Looking JCO - David Abbott, CWI - Presentation

• Miscellaneous Topics - Floyd Galegar, Chair

  • The Chemical and Non-Nuclear Safety Basis Process Used by Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC - Jeff West, Bechtel Jacobs, Inc. - Paper – Presentation

  • Transportation Safety Upgrades in Support of Increasing Operational Flexibility - Nancy Stewart, INL - Paper – Presentation

  • Safety Basis Academy Project - David Satterwhite & Julie Johnston, LANL - Paper – Presentation

  • Safety and Security Interface Technology Initiative - Michael Lehto, INL - Paper – Presentation

  • Facility Risk Review of a Uranium Processing Complex: A Risk-Informed Decision-Making Process - Teresa Robbins, NNSA, & John Farquharson, ABS Consulting - Paper – Presentation

  • Non-Nuclear Hazard Analysis at Pantex - Floyd Galegar, BWXT Pantex - Paper – Presentation

  • The Lost Intent of TSRs and Violations - Charles Voldness, SRS - Paper – Presentation

Panel Sessions

• DOE STD-1027 Revision - Jerry Hansen, Chair

  • Jerry Hansen Presentation

  • Andrew Prichard Presentation

  • Mukesh Gupta Presentation

• DOE STD-1189 - Brad Evans, Chair

  • Panel Participants

  • Steve Stokes Presentation

  • Brad Evans Presentation

  • Ken Keith Presentation

  • Richard Englehart Presentation

  • Robert Nelson Presentation

  • Roland Frenck Presentation

  • Jerry Bueck Presentation

  • Andrew Vincent Presentation

 Thursday, May 24, 2007

Panel Session

• Safety Basis Care and Feeding of Design Features - Dave Satterwhite, Chair

  • Dave Satterwhite Presentation

  • Charles Voldness Presentation

  • Mark Mitchell Presentation

  • Richard Durante Presentation