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Events and Highlights     

2003 EMI SIG Meeting

If you would like copies of any of the presentations, please contact Louise Wyatt. Highlights of the meeting are also available.

Opening Session

Keynote Speaker
"When You See Unusual ... Think Outbreak!"
Jim O’Brien, Clark County Office of Emergency Management

Update from DOE Headquarters
Jim Fairobent, DOE Office of Emergency Management, NA-41

Lessons Learned from Recent OA Assessments
Ike Eichhorn, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Scott Isch, B&W Pantex
Edwin Cox, Nevada Test Site
Michael Knazovich, Sandia National Laboratories

Hazards Assessment

Hazard Identification
Robert Gee, B&W Y-12

Spectrum of Events
Jim Jamison, Scientific Applications International Corporation

Lessons Learned
Diana de la Rosa, Sandia National Laboratories
Chuck Rivers, B&W Pantex
Michael O’Keeffe, Nevada Test Site
Robert Gee, B&W Y-12

Base Programs

Interface with External Agencies
Sue Budden, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Working with the Local Jurisdictions, Agencies and Businesses
Don Bell , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lessons Learned from Development of an Operational Emergency Exercise
John Bavlish, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Lessons Learned from the DOE Perspective
Barbara Morgan, Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory

Closure Issues

Brainstorming and Prioritizing Emergency Preparedness programmatic issues related to facility closure and D&D activities
Mary Brown, Fluor Hanford

Ongoing Issues Associated with Categorization and Classification, Protective Actions, and Performance Tests
Yvonne Mescall, West Valley Nuclear Services Company
Mary Brown, Fluor Hanford Company
Terry Nore, B&W Y-12 Ken Sokody, URS

Transporation Emergency Preparedness Program

Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) Update
Ella McNeil, DOE/EM-24

MERRTT Obtains Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical
Ken Keaton, Westinghouse Savannah River Company

State of Georgia and Columbia County Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Transportation Exercise Report
Ron Macalusa, WIPP

TEPP Planned Projects
Dan Hoglund, Visionary Solutions

Plans and Procedures/Self Assessments

West Valley Nuclear Services Co.
Yvonne Mescall, West Valley Nuclear Services Company

Savannah River Site
Robbie Roland, Westinghouse Savannah River Company

Self Assessments
John Bolling, B&W Y-12

Self Assessments: Office of Transportation Safeguards
Woody Simpson, Office of Transportation Safeguards

Self Assessments: Nevada Test Site
Frank Spenia

Current and Future State of DOE Emergency Management Training - E-Learning Focus
Patrick Dameron, Emergency Operations Training Academy
Mary Kay Cromier, Emergency Operations Training Academy

Closing Session

Yucca Mountain Project
Jayne Davis, Deputy Director, Environmental Health and Safety

Drill and Exercise Subcommittee Meeting

Exercise and Drill Workshop Overview
Terry Nore, B&W Y-12

B&W Y-12 Drill and Exercise Program
Terry Nore, B&W Y-12

Nevada Test Site Drills and Exercises
Frank Spenia, Nevada Test Site

Hazards Assessment Subcommittee Meeting

Uranium ERPGs

Temporary Emergency Exposure Limits

NARAC Update
Ron Baskett, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Malevolent Event Guidance
Jim Jamison/Gary Bethke, Science Applications International Corporation

Readiness Assurance

Readiness Assurance: The Payoff is in the Program
Jim Powers, NA-41
Bill Hawkins , NA-41
Mary Lee Van Cleave, NA-41
David Freshwater, Science Applications International Corporation