1. EFCOG STARTUP AND COMMISSIONING TASK TEAM INTRODUCTION
Ross Hamlett
February 28, 2017

2. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
BS Industrial Technology - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
US Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program – 7 years
Trainee, Staff Instructor, Submarine Reactor Operator Supervisor
Refueling overhaul 637 Class nuclear submarine including system acceptance, operational reactor safeguards exam (ORSE), initial criticality, sea trials, and first deployment.
US Army Chemical Demilitarization – 9 years
Tooele CDF – Startup Technician, Control Room Supervisor, Shift Plant Manager
Supported or led various stages of facility startup and systemization (commissioning)
Initial testing and tuning of 3 major furnace systems (liquid incineration and deactivation)
Integrated operation and Permit testing (trial burns) for 4 major furnace systems
Initial and production operation for weapons destruction
Developed and implemented programs for limiting conditions for operations (LCOs), chemical material accountability, and waste tracking within exclusion areas.
Pine Bluff CDF – Startup Engineering Supervisor
Established Pre-Commissioning test program and implementing procedures.
Commissioned analytical laboratory facility systems

3. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (continued)
Waste Treatment Plant Project – 15 years
Operations Facility Lead
Represented the facility operations organization for design input and issue resolution supporting High Level Waste and Low Activity Waste facilities.
Process Controls Integration Manager, DCS Startup lead
Established automation criteria, HMI standards, operator span of control, and test oversight process for control system software development.
Led/managed software design review activities for the facility operations acceptance of software
Led development of software quality graded approach strategies for plant software
Commissioning Manager
Established commissioning approach and sequence for the Direct Feed to LAW (DFLAW) systems
Led proposal for AECOM commissioning scope, budget, and schedule for WTP DFLAW contract modification
Requirements Area Manager for commissioning test program development
Requirements Area Manager for turnover/transition program development

4. POTENTIAL GAPS, NEEDS, CONCERNS
Clarify DOE O 413.3B requirements for startup of less than Hazard Category 3 facilities
CRADs for assessment of “Readiness to Operate” for CD-4
Criteria for Hazard Analysis Report required for CD-4
Startup authorization authority and process
Clarify expectations Contractor for test programs in DOE nuclear facilities.
Requirements development and traceability (DOE O 414.1D)
Graded approach to extent of testing and rigor (DOE G )
Conduct of Testing program expectations (ASME NQA-1)
Application of DOE standards vs. other consensus standards (e.g. DOE STD 1073)
Other issues
Clarification of DOE G safety software vs. DOE STD 3009 safety SSCs
Clarification of DOE O 413.3B process for phased project completion
Clarification of functional and performance verification in relation to facility readiness (DOE O 425.1D)
Clarification of hazard control requirements for startup (DOE STD 3009 vs 10 CFR 851)