Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Lessons From the PAST Will Save TOMORROW Desiree Reagan November 7, 2003

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Purpose To share experience of implementing an application developed at the INEEL with another DOE site

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Agenda About the application: Lessons Learned System Yucca Mountain Project Implementation at YMP OUR Lessons Learned

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory About the application: Lessons Learned System Provide a way to document safety-related lessons learned and best practices, with easily retrievable information Workflow –Submittal (offline) –Information entry Verify Clarify Categorize –Approval –Searching/Reporting –Administration

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory About the application: Lessons Learned System (cont’d) Application components –Database-driven –Integration with other applications –User feedback capability –Automated authentication –User maintainability –Document upload/additional reports –Customizable search –Program audit information

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Yucca Mountain Project INEEL/YMP agreement YMP’s Lessons Learned application

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Implementation at YMP Conference calls –Application overview –Technical requirements Hardware Software –Determine necessary modifications Employee data Special reports –Determine implementation methodology Modifications Installation/Testing Follow-up support

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory OUR Lessons Learned Documentation –Written –Programmatic KISS Sharing is good! –YMP cost savings estimated at ~$210K –Information – 1800 items transferred to YMP Understand server configuration –Document process –Licensing issues