Safety in the Underground Construction and Operation of the Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain (1995)

8:45 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction to the Symposium

• Ray Sterling, Chairman, U.S. National Committee on Tunneling Technology

8:55 a.m.

• William B. Simecka, Director, Engineering and Development Division, USDOE

10:00

• Dennis R. Williams, Chief, Site Investigation Branch, USDOE

10:20

Questions

11:00

Keynote Address: Underground Construction Safety: ''Be Sure You're on the Right Track''

Joseph Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety and Quality Assurance, USDOE

11:45

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Introduction

• Priscilla Nelson, Member, U.S. National Committee on Tunneling Technology

1:10

Considerations in the Development of the DOE's Construction Safety Program

• Patrick Finn, Safety Engineer, Office of Occupational Safety, USDOE

1:45

OSHA Regulations and Their Implications in the Construction of the ESF at Yucca Mountain

• Fred A. Anderson, P.E., Consulting Engineer

3:00

Underground Regulatory Safety Today

• Byron Ishkanian, Principal Safety Engineer and Corporate Safety Director, Cordoba Corp.

3:40

Safety Engineering Design Analyses

• Bruce Blackford, P.E., Research Analysis Corporation

4:20

Milwaukee Water Pollution and Abatement Program: Underground Safety—Dealing with OSHA

• John Ramage, Vice President, CH2M Hill

5:00

Adjourn/Informal Discussion

8:00 a.m.

Introduction

• Priscilla Nelson

8:10

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP): The Underground Safety Culture

• Fred Ashford, Mining Operations Manager, Westinghouse
• Linda Calderon, Manager of Industrial Safety

9:00

Defence Nuclear Agency

• Joseph W. LaComb, Chief, Nevada Operations Office, DNA

10:20

Underground Safety of the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden)

• Olle Zellman, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co.

11:10

Safety Management in PNC's Shaft Excavation Effects Project in Japan

• Kozo Sugihara, Senior Research Engineer, PNC Chuba Works

12:00

The Channel Tunnel

• Timothy J. Green, U.K. Operations Project Office, Transmanche-Link

12:50 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

Keynote Address: OSHA and Construction Safety

• Patrick Tyson, Consulting, Brooks and Smith

2:30

Open Discussion

3:05

Safety Review/Coordination

• Russell B. Baumeister, Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, USDOE

Systems Safety

• H. Kenneth Elder, General Engineer, Engineering and Development Division, USDOE

Management and Operations Contractor

• Carl Pierce, Manager of Safety and Health, TRW Environmental Safety Systems, Inc.

Construction Safety (Reynolds Engineering and Electrical Co.)

• Panel:

H. Steve Jones, Manager, Occupational Safety and Fire Protection

Randy H. Leske, Safety Professional

Ronald Costin, Medical Director

Harrison F. Kerschner, Manager, Health Protection Department

Tunnel Constructor

• Lance de Stwolinski, Project Manager, Kiewit/PB

5:00

Closing Remarks

• Ray Sterling

5:15

Adjourn