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Wednesday, September 19 - Plenary Session


Facts and Lessons of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Safety Improvement - The Operator Viewpoints

  • Akira Kawano, General Manager, Nuclear International Relations and Strategy Group
  • Nuclear Power and Plant Siting Administrative Department
  • Tokyo Electric Power Company

A Commissioner's Perspective on USNRC Actions in Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

  • Honorable William C. Ostendorff, Commissioner
  • US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

International Perspective on Fukushima Accident

  • Miroslav Lipár, Head, Operational Safety Section
  • Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
  • International Atomic Energy Agency

How Much Do We Understand About the Role of Organizational Safety Culture in the Fukushima Nuclear Accident?

  • Dr. Sonja B. Haber, President and Executive Consultant
  • Human Performance Analysis Corporation
  • Dare to Disagree Video

Above and Beyond

  • Dr. Peter S. Winokur, Chairman
  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Wednesday, September 19 - Beyond Design Basis Events Analysis and Response Breakout Session


Development of Guidance for Analysis of Beyond Design Basis Events

  • Dr. James O'Brien, Director
  • Office of Nuclear Safety
  • Office of Health, Safety and Security
  • US Department of Energy

Emergency Management Concepts, Existing Guidance, and Changes

  • David Freshwater, Emergency Management Specialist
  • Office of Emergency Management
  • National Nuclear Security Administration

Results from Beyond Design Basis Event Pilots

  • Mike Hillman, Program Manager
  • Office of Health, Safety and Security
  • US Department of Energy

Summary of Emergency Management Results from Pilot Evaluations

  • David Freshwater, Emergency Management Specialist
  • Office of Emergency Management
  • National Nuclear Security Administration

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Handling of Beyond Design Basis Events for Nuclear Power Reactors

  • Bill Reckley, Chief
  • Policy and Support Branch
  • Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate
  • Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
  • US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Wednesday, September 19 - Safety Culture Breakout Session


Group Exercise Handout

  • Dr. Sonja B. Haber, President and Executive Consultant
  • Human Performance Analysis Corporation

What Is Safety Culture and Why Is It Important?

  • Monica Haage, Safety Culture Specialist
  • International Atomic Energy Agency

Safety Culture in the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Reactor Oversight Process

  • Undine Shoop, Chief
  • Health Physics and Human Performance Branch
  • Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
  • US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

CSB Investigations and Safety Culture

  • Honorable Mark A. Griffon, Board Member
  • IUS Chemical Safety Board

Wednesday, September 19 - Risk Assessment and Management Breakout Session


Idaho National Laboratory Advanced Test Reactor Probabilistic Risk Assessment

  • Bentley Harwood, Advanced Test Reactor Nuclear Safety Engineer
  • Battelle Energy Alliance
  • Idaho National Laboratory

Assessing Beyond Design Basis Seismic Events and Implications on Seismic Risk

  • Jeffrey Kimball, Technical Specialist (Seismologist)
  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

A Proposed Cost-Benefit Analysis Approach for Evaluating DOE Nuclear Facility Design Options

  • Dr. Kamiar Jamali, Senior Technical Advisor to the Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety
  • National Nuclear Security Administration

Thursday, September 20 - Beyond Design Basis Events Analysis and Response Breakout Session


DOE M&O Contractor Perspectives on Beyond Design Basis Event Analysis and Response

  • Ron Crone, Director
  • Research Reactors Division
  • UT-Battelle, LLC
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Perspective on Beyond Design Basis Event Analysis and Response

  • John Schwenker, Nuclear Safety Manager for Liquid Operations
  • Savannah River Remediation, LLC
  • Savannah River Site

Thursday, September 20 - Safety Culture Breakout Session


What Does Self-Assessment of Safety Culture Look Like? Discussion from the Pantex Plant Perspective

  • Dr. Suzanne Helfinstine, Staff Engineer
  • High Reliability Operations
  • B&W Pantex
  • Pantex Plant

External Assessment of Nuclear Safety Culture

  • Ward Sproat, Principal Vice President and Deputy Project Director for Design and Operations
  • Waste Treatment Plant Project
  • Bechtel National, Inc.

What Has DOE Been Doing in the Area of Safety Culture?

  • James Hutton, Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety, Security, and Quality Programs and Chief Nuclear Safety Advisor
  • Office of Environmental Management
  • US Department of Energy

Differing Professional Opinion Summary - Erosion

  • Chip Lagdon, Chief of Nuclear Safety
  • Office of the Under Secretary for National Security
  • US Department of Energy

Thursday, September 20 - Risk Assessment and Management Breakout Session


Prioritizing and Managing Risk Across the Organization

  • Cindy Caldwell, Senior Technical Advisor
  • Environment, Safety, and Health Directorate
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

FAA Air Traffic Organization Safety Management

Evolution of Risk Management at NASA in the Context of Achieving Adequate Safety

  • Dr. Homayoon Dezfuli, NASA Technical Fellow (System Safety)
  • Office of Safety and Mission Assurance
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

DOE's Approach to Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis and Management

  • Dr. James O'Brien, Director
  • Office of Nuclear Safety
  • Office of Health, Safety and Security
  • US Department of Energy

Application of Risk Assessment and Management to Nuclear Safety

  • Commissioner George Apostolakis
  • US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Thursday, September 20 - Plenary Session


Leaders Influence Culture and Performance

  • Melvin G. Williams, Jr., Vice Admiral, US Navy (retired)
  • Associate Deputy Secretary
  • US Department of Energy


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