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Safety forum to focus on UPF nuclear safety culture

Posted at 1:06 am March 27, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Uranium Processing Facility

Pictured above is the proposed Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 National Security Complex, with the administrative area in the front and the fortified section of the building in the rear. (Submitted image)

The Oak Ridge Business Safety Partnership will have its first community safety forum of 2014 from 8-10 a.m. April 2 at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. The topic will be “Nuclear Safety Culture of the Uranium Processing Facility.”

The agenda includes an overview of the UPF project by Federal Project Director John Eschenberg; a presentation about the project’s nuclear safety culture by Project Director Carl Strock; and a presentation on how the project successfully manages its nuclear safety culture by UPF Acting Manager for Environment, Safety, and Health Gary Hagan and ORAU Senior Scientist Jeff Miller.

The ORBSP was formed in 2004 to help companies working on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Reservation understand the DOE safety culture, to enhance communication among them, to share lessons learned about safety issues, and to share ideas about effective safety programs with commercial companies. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: "Corn from a Jar: Moonshining in the Great Smoky Mountains, American Museum of Science and Energy, Carl Strock, Gary Hagan, Jeff Miller, Jenny Freeman, John Eschenberg, nuclear safety culture, Oak Ridge Business Safety Partnership, Oak Ridge Reservation, ORBSP, safety forum, U.S. Department of Energy, UPF, uranium processing facility

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