Criticality Safety Training at Westinghouse Hanford Company
- Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, Richland, WA (United States)
In 1972 the Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) established a comprehensive program to certify personnel who handle fissionable materials. As the quantity of fissionable material handled at WHC has increased so has the scope of training to assure that all employes perform their work in a safe manner. This paper describes training for personnel engaged in fuel fabrication and handling activities. Most of this training is provided by the Fissionable Material Handlers Certification Program. This program meets or exceeds all DOE requirements for training and has been attended by more than 475 employes. Since the program was instituted, the rate of occurrence of criticality safety limit violations has decreased by 50%.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76FF02170
- OSTI ID:
- 5748292
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-SA-2811-S; CONF-830609-55; ON: DE83017006
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 33; Conference: American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI (United States), 12-17 Jun 1983; ISSN 0003-018X
- Publisher:
- American Nuclear Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
FISSIONABLE MATERIALS
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CERTIFICATION
CRITICALITY
FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS
MATERIALS HANDLING
PERSONNEL
TRAINING
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Fissionable Material Handlers Certification Program
Fissionable Materials
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