Pit Disassembly & Conversion Facility (PDCF) Design Project

HUKARI has provided professional services for Design Support, Technical Risk Assessment, and Hazards Analysis involved in weapons disassembly and related safety risk reduction operations for the Pit Disassembly & Conversion Facility (PDCF) Design Project -- a part of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Specific HUKARI responsibilities have included:

• Development, Review, & Approval of System Design Descriptions (SDDs) for the Process Facility

• Value Engineering Support Services (Evaluation, Review, & Study of Design-state Documentation at Various Stages)

• Systems Engineering Liaison with Project Safety Basis Development

• Identification of Safety-related System & Component Functional Requirements, & Surveillance Acceptance Criteria

HUKARI’s system engineering support has entailed taking ownership of our assigned tasks related to systems and serving as liaison between the Licensing and Design Engineering organizations, and has resulted in driving issues to closure.