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Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meetings of the Committee
Pages 61-68

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... B Information-Gathering Meetings of the Committee MEETING 1 JUNE 10-11, 2014 NATIONAL ACADEMIES' KECK CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C. June 10, 2014 CLOSED SESSION 8:30 - 9:30 am Closed Committee Discussions OPEN SESSION 9:30 Break 9:45 Discussion with NNSA Senior Staff  Dimitri Kusnezov, Kathleen Alexander, Robert Hanrahan, and Kevin Greenaugh • NNSA expectations from the study •  iscussion of the statement of task, including the final D item: "such other matters related to peer review and design competition related to nuclear weapons as the NNSA Administrator considers appropriate" 61
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... ; chair of the NRC's Laboratory Assessments Board 5:15 Adjourn CLOSED SESSION 6:00 - 8:00
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... APPENDIX B 63 June 11, 2014 CLOSED SESSION 8:30 am - 2:00 pm Closed Committee Discussions MEETING 2 SEPTEMBER 23-25, 2014 SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., AND LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, LOS ALAMOS, N.M. September 23, 2014, at SNL DATA-GATHERING SESSION: NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 8:00 am Introductions and Logistics Ron Hartwig 8:15 Welcome by Executive Management Paul Hommert 8:30 Overview of Peer Review and Cost Competitiveness at Sandia Gary Sanders • Motivation for Peer Review • Requirements and Principles for Sandia Peer Review • Evolution of Sandia Peer Review Process • Framework for Our Technical Basis and Reviews • Cost Competitiveness Approaches and Examples • Introduction to Case Studies 9:45 Break 10:00 Requirements Review Case Studies •  nique Signals Technical Basis U Peer Review Jeff Brewer •  61 Spin Rocket Motor Igniter B Peer Review Steve Harris •  76-1 Inter-Lab Peer W Review Brent Blankenship 11:00 Design Review Case Studies • W88 ALT 370 Peer Review Celeste Drewien
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... 64 PEER REVIEW IN THE NNSA LABORATORIES • Explosive Component Peer Reviews Everett Hafenrichter 11:50 Working Lunch -- Discussion Continues 12:35 pm Qualification Review Case Studies • Cougar ASIC Peer Review Perry Molley • Qualification Alternatives to Sandia Pulse Reactor Charles Barbour • Radar Peer Reviews John Moser • B61-12 Peer Review Curt Nilsen 2:00 Manufacturing Review Case Studies • W87 Neutron Generator Peer Reviews Carla Busick • Packaging Advisory Board Mike Kelly 2:45 Break 3:00 Life Cycle Independent Assessment Processes J.F. Nagel • Org 400 Independent Assessment • Red Team Process 4:00 Sandia Summary Gary Sanders 4:15 Wrap-up/Concluding Discussion 5:00 Adjourn September 24, 2014, at LANL DATA-GATHERING SESSION: NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 8:00 am Welcome, Security Review 8:10 Overview Remarks of NAS Co-Chairs Jill Dahlburg, Paul Peercy 8:15 Overview of Peer Review and Design Competition Robert Webster
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... John Scott 10:00 Break 10:15 Pit Certification and Peer Review Maurice Sheppard 11:00 SFIs -- Connections to Design and Peer Review Patrick Garcia 11:45 Discussion 12:15 pm Working Lunch -- Discussion Continues 1:15 Competition of Ideas and Role of Peer Review in Weapon Science Mark Chadwick 2:00 Competition of Ideas and Role of Peer Review in Weapon Code Development Mathew Bement 2:45 Break 3:00 HPRF Design Competition • RRW Peer Review • Weapon System Margin Jas Mercer-Smith • Second 120-Day Study 4:00 Future Design and Certification Challenges Charles Nakhleh 4:30 Discussion 5:15 Adjourn to Working Dinner 5:45 - 8:30 Working Dinner to Continue Discussions with Senior LANL Staff Members END OF DATA-GATHERING SESSION: NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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... • W87 Life-Extension Program K Henry O'Brien 11:15 Ongoing Process-Motivated Peer Review • Annual Assessment Review of the Stockpile Susan Taylor • Intelligence Assessments Nils Carlson
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... 6:00 pm Introductions and General Discussion 6:30 Overview of Peer Review in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Graeme Nicholson, A.W.E.
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... SMALL-GROUP MEETING TO OBTAIN CUSTOMER INPUT JANUARY 22, 2015 RONALD REAGAN BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. 12:00 pm Introductions 12:05 Comments on NNSA Laboratories' Peer Review and Design Competitions from Senior Staff of the U.S.
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