Workshop Training Courses
1189 Safety Design Integration
The 1189 Workshop Papers & Presentations
Sunday, 8 am – 5 pm
Brad Evans, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and
Jerry Bueck, NST/Omicron
Integration of safety into design has become a hot topic within DOE and the DNFSB. To address the underlying issues, DOE is preparing a new technical standard, DOE–STD–1189, "Integration of Safety into the Design Process." This course presents highlights of the Standard integrated with the standard project development process as defined by DOE O 413.3A, "Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets." The course will provide trainees with a fundamental understanding of both the project process (for development of nuclear facilities) and the safety analysis activities, products, and issues that support the process. Because DOE–STD–1189 is still under development and may not be issued prior to assembly of the course material, there may be differences in the final standard and the course material.
Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres (ALOHA)
Saturday, 8 am – 5 pm
Carl Mazzola, Shaw Environmental Inc.
www.shawgrp.com – (865) 548-2354
The Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres (ALOHA) atmospheric transport and dispersion code was developed for NNSA/DOE for use in accident analyses. The code is used to assess consequences resulting from an accidental release of hazardous chemicals. The course will provide trainees with an understanding of 1) the ALOHA code's major strengths and limitations, 2) how to use the model, 3) the code's suitability for calculating chemical source terms and resulting downwind concentrations, how to model selected DOE facility chemical emergencies, and 4) how to use the modeling code outputs in support of facility safety basis documents. Computers will be equipped with ALOHA Version 5.4.1 to give trainees an opportunity to run the scenarios and gain hands-on experience.
Safety Basis Document Preparation – Advanced (3009)
Saturday and Sunday, 8 am – 5 pm and Monday, 8 am to noon. (3 day course)
Ray Sartor and Pat McClure, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Safety Basis Academy)
The Safety Basis Document Preparation advanced course is designed to provide Safety Analysts with the knowledge and skills needed to develop a non-reactor nuclear facility Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) in accordance with requirements of 10CFR830, DOE Safe Harbor Standard 3009-94, and concepts from DOE Guide 421.1-2, in a manner that is acceptable for NNSA approval.
Lab Specific Lessons Learned
Saturday, 1 pm – 5 pm
Art Stithem, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
http://www.pnl.gov
The Lab Specific Lessons Learned course will provide an overview of sealed source definitions, regulations, and classifications that are pertinent to DOE nuclear facilities. The basis for the sealed source discussion in the supplemental guidance to DOE–STD–1027 will be discussed. Lessons learned from actual events involving sealed sources will be presented. The course will provide a real-world perspective on issues and limitations associated with sealed sources.
Introduction to Plutonium Metallurgy
Saturday, 8 am – 5 pm
Karl Staudhammer, Consultant
The Introduction to Plutonium Metallurgy course will provide a broad overview of plutonium and its use. The course is based on the essential premise that the value of plutonium resides in its nuclear properties. The information will benefit anyone working with plutonium, which has many complex factors and requires interdisciplinary approaches to address the metallurgical aspects, toxicity, criticality, nuclear reactions, reactivity, flammability, and chemical behavior. The course covers information on these topics and the metallurgical aspects, which is widely scattered in literature and not always readily accessible. A glossary covering metallurgy terms will be provided at the end of the course.
Human Performance Improvement
Sunday, 8 am – 12 pm
Joe Estey, Prolepsis Training, Inc.
www.prolepsistraining.com – (360) 573-5753
The course on Human Performance Improvement will discuss fundamental human performance principles and tools as they relate to project and worksite safety analysis. The course will equip leaders with basic resources needed for proactively reducing/eliminating human errors in the workplace. In addition, participants will learn why events occur and the roles of professional safety staff, leaders, and the organization in producing human errors and human performance events, as well as evaluating the concepts of error-likely situations and error precursors.
Risk Analysis Fundamentals
Sunday, 1 pm – 5 pm
John Farquharson, ABS Consulting Inc.
www.absconsulting.com – (865) 671-5807
The Risk Analysis Fundamentals course will present basis frequency analysis techniques, including fault tree and event tree analysis. Trainees will learn to identify the systems, subsystems, and components that contribute most to loss exposure. The course will provide the skills needed for making more precise judgments than can be made with qualitative tools alone. Previous experience with probability theory or statistics is helpful but not required. Attendees should bring a scientific calculator to the course.
GENII
Sunday, 8 am – 5 pm
Bruce Napier, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
www.pnl.gov
GENII Version 2 presents a full-day introduction to the environmental radiation dosimetry software package. The GENII system offers capabilities for calculating radiation doses following chronic and acute releases. The code provides risk estimates for health effects to individuals or populations. In addition, GENII Version 2 uses cancer risk factors from Federal Guidance Report 13 to estimate risk to specific organs or tissues. GENII Version 2 consists of four independent atmospheric models, one surface water model, three independent environmental accumulation models, one exposure module, and one dose/risk module, each with a specific user interface code. The code package also provides interfaces, through the Framework for Risk Analysis in Multimedia Environmental Systems (FRAMES), for external calculations of atmospheric dispersion, geohydrology, biotic transport, and surface water transport. The class will include a series of lectures on the theory implemented in the various modules, demonstrations of the code within FRAMES, and hands-on experience for the participants. The code and applicable documentation will be provided to all participants.
Control Selection and Development of Technical Safety Requirements
Sunday, 8 am – 5 pm
James McCormick, Washington Safety Management Solutions
The course will discuss how controls are derived from a hazards and/or accident analysis and how that information is used to form a facility-specific technical safety requirements (TSR) document. The course will be based on information found in 1) DOE Standard 1186–2004, Specific Administrative Controls; 2) DOE Guide 423.1–1, Implementation Guide for Use in Developing Technical Safety Requirements; 3) the 10 CFR 830 Rule, Nuclear Safety Management; 4) DOE–STD–3009–94, Preparation Guide for DOE Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis Reports; and 5) other pertinent DOE requirements. The course will invite open-floor discussions and is designed to address general DOE TSR requirements as well as facility-specific situations. It is important that the participants have an understanding of their site-specific TSRs so their situations can be addressed during this course.
Water Hammer in Industrial Piping Systems
Monday, 8 am – Noon
Robert A. Leishear, PhD, Savannah River National Laboratory
http://www.srs.gov/
At DOE facilities, water hammer damages have resulted in fatalities due to steam system piping failures at Hanford and Brookhaven and significant piping damages at Savannah River Site (SRS). Accordingly, actions were taken to prevent similar problems with steam systems about ten years ago. Since that time however, water hammer at SRS has resulted in reportable leaks in nuclear waste piping systems, where leaks were safely contained within underground concrete structures. Also, hundreds of cracks occurred in cooling coils and underground supply piping used to cool nuclear waste tanks at SRS. Recent implementation of procedural changes and staff training has virtually eliminated these water hammer damages, which have occurred repeatedly over the past forty years at SRS. Cost savings estimates exceed 15 million dollars for failure prevention on the above ground cooling systems alone.
This training was provided to hundreds of engineers and facility operators at SRS to prevent water hammer damages, and the class is expected to have similar value to other DOE facilities. The class summarizes a series of ASME publications, which are the foundation for a proposed, in process text book for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Press titled, "Water Hammer and Piping Design", Robert A. Leishear. The text documents the development and application of a new theory to describe dynamic stresses, such as those occurring during water hammer. Prior to these publications, pipe failures due to water hammer could not be reasonably predicted. The class provides an overview of this theory with respect to piping design and water hammer to enable the attendee to identify basic water hammer mechanisms and prevent personnel injuries and facility damages.
The four hour class consists of six parts:
- Review of fluid mechanics,system curves, and pump curves.
- Fundamental water hammer equations, basics of water hammer shock waves, and valve characteristics.
- Examples of water hammer calculations in closed loop and open loop systems.
- Water hammer in steam / condensate systems. Hanford water hammer accident and SRS incidents.
- Pipe stresses due to water hammer, pipe failure mechanisms, and failure theory.
- Comparison of Theory to Experiment.
Unreviewed Safety Questions (USQ) Refresher
Monday, 8 am – 5 pm
Bill Lapsansky and John Rice, Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.
www.epsilonsystems.com – (208) 523-3774
Class prerequisite: Previously qualified as an Unreviewed Safety Questions (USQ) Preparer, Reviewer, or Approver if used for requalification. Familiarity with Nuclear Safety Management per 10 CFR Part 830, if used for general understanding of the USQ process.
The USQ Refresher course will reemphasize the reasons behind the USQ Process. The course is designed for DOE/NNSA contractor personnel seeking refresher training as part of requalification to prepare, review, and approve the work products of the USQ process. Additionally, the course will be useful for other personnel (i.e., DOE/NNSA and contractors) who desire knowledge of the USQ process for other purposes. The course will present a condensed version of the 3-day USQ course endorsed by the DOE Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety Policy (EH-22). It will cover the requirements and intent of 10 CFR Part 830, "Nuclear Safety Management," Subpart B, Section 830.203; and DOE G 424.1-1a, "Implementation Guide for Use in Addressing Unreviewed Safety Question Requirements." A closed-book, written exam will be administered. Limited to 30 attendees.
