Los Alamos National Laboratory

HUKARI has employed more than 30 personnel at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under multiple contracts for various contractors, including KSL Services, BWXT Services, Inc., and the Regents of the University of California. HUKARI services have entailed project-specific, cradle-to-grave engineering and facilities/operations support across multiple areas for LANL, often encompassing design, review, comment, design implementation, and construction. HUKARI’s Engineering, Technical, and Nuclear Safety Support for nuclear and non-nuclear facilities includes:

• Project Management/Controls & Design Engineering Disciplines to A/E firms and LANL DECS.
• System Engineering to TA-53, LANL Neutron Science Center, TA-54 & TA-50, Solid and Liquid Radioactive Waste.
• Fire Protection Engineering to TA-55 and the Site Maintenance and System Engineering Organization.
• Project Management to DX Explosives Modeling.
• Operational Readiness Reviews to PS-2, Performance Surety Operational Support.
• Fire Hazards Analysis (FHA) Development for CMR and CCR.
• Operations Oversight to TA-18 Experimental Reactors and TA-54 & TA-50, Solid & Liquid Radioactive Waste.
• 10CFR830 Safety Basis Development, Review and Maintenance for TA-18, Experimental Reactors, TA-53, LANL Neutron Science Center, TA-54 & TA-50, Solid & Liquid Radioactive Waste, and the LANL Site Nuclear Safety Program organization
• Master Equipment List (MEL) Project Identification/Walkdown Validation.
• Site Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) Validation.
  

HUKARI has been commended for responsiveness to our clients at LANL and successfully provided highly qualified people in a timely manner. We have been highly interactive with LANL program managers, working hand-in-hand with LANL Management to circumvent challenges and avoid impact on day-to-day operations.

DOE Pantex Plant

HUKARI has provided staff augmentation day-to-day support of the Pantex Plant facilities and programs since 2001, including support for nuclear explosive bays, cells, special purpose facilities, staging facilities, transportation activities, and weapons programs. Specific Engineering and Nuclear Safety Support has included:

• Systems & Design Engineering.
• Mechanical/Civil/Structural/Electrical Engineering.
• Fire Protection Engineering.
• Software Quality Assurance
• 10CFR830 Safety Bases Development, Review Implementation and Maintenance (including Hazards Analysis, SARs, DSAs, TSRs, USQ) in support of facility and weapons projects.
  

The extra initiative of HUKARI personnel have enabled good working relationships among Pantex program people and organizations, circumventing many day-to-day challenges, and resulting in successful completion of contract requirements. For example, HUKARI personnel have assisted in developing a database used by multiple programs to streamline a consistent, managed approach to hazard and accident analysis development. This effort has already saved hundreds of man-hours of work.

DOE Hanford Site

HUKARI has supported both the CH2MHILL Hanford Group (CHG) and Fluor Hanford with Nuclear Safety and D&D Engineering services.

HUKARI’s Safety Basis support for CHG’s existing facility and D&D of the dangerous waste Tank Farm facilities included:

• Documented Safety Analysis (DSA).
• Justification for Continued Operations (JCO).
• Technical Justification for Hazards Analysis.
• Support Analysis for Anticipatory Problem Identification/Mitigation Relative to Engineering Associated with Tank Farm Activities & Mission.

For Fluor Hanford, HUKARI has supported the Nuclear Safety organization for K-Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) in transferring spent nuclear fuel from DOE reactor storage pools to dry storage facilities. HUKARI has also supported the Engineering and Nuclear Safety organizations for the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) in D&D of the former weapons production facility. Specific tasks have included:

• USQ Process Training.
• Safety Basis Updates.
• Safety Basis Development/Implementation for D&D Activities & New Projects.
• Conduct of Operations & Startup Mentoring to the SNF Sludge Removal Process.

HUKARI has contributed to the success of nuclear safety at the Hanford Site, successfully meeting tight schedules, on budget. We have been instrumental in implementing the USQ program, helping to define and expedite the review approval process. We have successfully closed open USQ issues and JCOs, and successfully supported new projects, such as assisting in implementation of a new Web-based, automated USQ system.

Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site

HUKARI provided Engineering and Nuclear Safety Support for D&D of multiple Hazard Category 2 and 3 facilities at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS). HUKARI provided RFETS with senior-level Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for programmatic development and implementation in the areas of engineering, waste management/D&D, quality, nuclear safety, and independent safety oversight. HUKARI’s specific support in closing RFETS included:

• Engineering -- Systems/Design/Project/Quality.
• Hazardous Waste Management & Compliance.
• Nuclear HVAC Filtration Engineering.
• 10CFR830 Safety Bases Development, Review Implementation and Maintenance (including Hazards Analysis, SARs, DSAs, BIOs, TSRs, USQ) and Nuclear Safety Program development and implementation
• Independent Safety Oversight.
• Maintenance & Work Control.
• Emergency Preparedness Hazards Analyses & Response.
  

HUKARI was particularly instrumental in nuclear safety success during RFETS closure. We assisted with development and implementation of the Nuclear Safety Program Manual, conducting open forum, round-table reviews to enable real-time comment incorporation. We also developed a thorough Implementation Plan and workable schedule in concurrence with both operations personnel and the regulator. Personnel were instrumental in development of nuclear safety license documentation that allowed for step-out of approved controls as the D&D hazard was reduced and the use outdoor waste storage cells.

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 International Weapons Reduction Treaty. 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 assigned systems and serving as liaison between the Licensing and Design Engineering organizations, and has resulted in driving issues to closure.

Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) Design Project

HUKARI provides Engineering Services Support for Design of the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). The MFFF is being designed and constructed to receive nuclear material surplused from obsolete weapons and convert it into commercial gradenuclear power plant fuel. In particular, HUKARI supports the Duke COGEMA Stone & Webster (DCS) Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) group, responsible for producing Nuclear Safety Evaluations (NSEs) and other documentation supporting the NRC license application for the MFFF. HUKARI’s scope of work specifically supports:

• Design Review Input.
• Combined DOE/NRC Facility Licensing.
• Safety Analysis.
• Safety Basis Document Development.
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).

HUKARI’s support has resulted in significant accomplishments in research and compilation of process systems and components shutdown from seismic events for the MFFF. In particular, HUKARI personnel have supported FMEAs from the “event” standpoint. FMEA support demonstrates that off-normal events potentially initiated by a single point (component) failure have been analyzed and prevented or mitigated to an acceptably low level of probability of occurrence or acceptably low severity of impact. HUKARI has focused this failure analysis on “items relied on for safety” (IROFS), which are components within process systems that must function in all normal and design basis off-normal events to ensure the safety of onsite workers and the general public offsite.

Consulting Services for the National Enrichment Facility

HUKARI is providing Consulting Services for the Design, Construction, and Start-up of the National Enrichment Facility (NEF), which will provide a domestic source of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants in the U.S. HUKARI supports development of the Criticality Safety Program in compliance with regulatory requirements and licensing. HUKARI also supports the Design, Construction, Operations, Public Relations, and Legal departments of the prime contractor, Louisiana Energy Services (LES), with regard to licenses, permits, and Integrated Safety Analysis and their implementation at the NEF. HUKARI’s specific tasks include:

• Assisting Development/Implementation of the Criticality Safety Program, Ensuring Compliance with Regulatory & Licensing Requirements.
• Assisting in Establishment, Maintenance, & Implementation of Programs, Procedures, & Work Practices Associated with Responsibilities of Licensing.
• License Compliance-focused Configuration Control Reviews of Design Packages, Design Changes, & Other Configuration Changes to Support the Technical Services Department in Transition of Design Documents from Architect Engineer to Construction Organization.
• Configuration Management Reviews IAW 10CFR70.72, Including Integrated Safety Analyses.
• Nuclear Material Accountability Program development and implementation.

Evaluation of Transportation of Explosives for Demolition of the Calder Hall Cooling Towers

HUKARI provided Nuclear Safety Analyst support in evaluating the use of explosives for demolition of the Calder Hall Cooling Towers at the Sellafield Site in England. Calculations involved estimates of potential overpressures generated by detonation, thus determining the potential for damage to various adjacent facilities, transportation route from an inadvertent explosion, and exclusion zones for personnel protection.