ENHANCING ISM EFFECTIVENESS

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ENHANCING ISM EFFECTIVENESS EM PERSPECTIVES

• James A. Rispoli
• Assistant Secretary
• Office of Environmental Management
• DOE ISM Best Practices Workshop
• September 12 13, 2006
• Aurora, Colorado

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Presentation Outline

• EM Mission, Activities and Challenges
• Key EM Initiatives to Enhance ISM Effectiveness
• Incorporating Safety into Project Management
• Field Initiatives to Improve Safety
• Strengthening Safety Oversight
• Measuring Safety Performance
• Personal Involvement
• Conclusion

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The EM Program is a Large, Complex Cleanup Effort
. . .
114 31 2,000,000 6,400,000,000 34,200
Sites States Acres Budget (FY-2006) Workforce
(federal and contractor)
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EM Has Made Significant Progress in Three Key
Areas . . .

• Nuclear materials disposition
• Radioactive waste disposal
• Facilities/sites cleanup and closure

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We Must Continue to Operate in a Safe, Secure,
and Compliant Manner by

• Ensuring all EM activities are conducted with
  excellence in safety, and in compliance with
  applicable environmental laws and regulations
• Striving for operational excellence through
  process improvement, innovation, effective
  project management, and high standards/accountabil
  ity
• Maintaining effective communications with
  stakeholders

Safety Regulation
Innovation
Communication
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Incorporating Safety into Project Management

• Projectization of EM activities
• Engineering Construction Projects
• Cleanup Projects
• Incorporating safety in early stages of project
  planning and design development
• DOE O 413.3 was revised and issued as DOE O
  413.3A in July 2006
• EM issued interim guidance in July 2006
• Qualification and certification of Federal
  Project Directors (FPDs)
• Cleanup project management lessons learned
• Quarterly Project Reviews that include safety
  performance
• Biweekly conference calls with FPDs and Field
  Managers to discuss project status, including
  safety performance

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Field Initiatives to Improve Safety Examples

• Human Performance Improvement
• ORP RL
• Just-in-Time Safety Lessons Learned Idaho ORP
• Time Out for Safety WIPP SRS
• Electrical Safety All sites

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Strengthening Safety Oversight

• Integrated oversight assessment schedule
• ISM assessments of selected sites
• Annual ISM review and declaration
• Safety Alerts (Overhead Lines, Hydrogen Gas,
  Buried Electrical, etc.)
• EM-HQ QA Program Plan implementation Field QA
  assessments
• Facility startup and restart ORR and RA
• Daily event calls with Field
• Chief of Nuclear Safety Activities

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Measuring Safety Performance
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Personal Involvement

• Weekly updates
• Monthly reports with statistics
• Immediate notification of significant events even
  if no injury
• Personal contact with LLC and corporate officers

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Conclusion

• Our safety record continues to be good
• We must continue to
• Strive for a zero accident workplace
• Maintain the highest safety standards in all that
  we do
• Work hard at integrating safety into design
• Effectively manage our projects