Your Hosts for the
2009 Safety Analysis Workshop
We cordially invite you to join us for the 19h Annual Safety Analysis Workshop to be held May 8 – 14, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec) is hosting the workshop for the Safety Analysis Working Group (SAWG) of the Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG).
Within the Department of Energy community we share in the challenges related to safety, resources, training, and education, which are stimulating topics for discussion and debate. We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity and the sights and activities offered in Las Vegas. We pledge to do everything we can to deliver a productive and enjoyable workshop.
Jerry Bueck, Workshop Chairman
Energy
Facility Contractors Group
The EFCOG is a self-directed group of Management and Operating (M&O) contractors, Management and Integrating (M&I) contractors, and Environmental Restoration Management contractors (ERMC) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facilities. The purpose of EFCOG is to promote excellence in all aspects of operation and management of DOE facilities in a safe, environmentally sound, efficient and cost-effective manner through the exchange of information.
Safety Analysis
Working Group
The SAWG promotes safe, environmentally sound, efficient and cost-effective operation and management of DOE facilities through the exchange of information. The group accomplishes its objectives by promoting:
- excellence in the DOE M&O/M&I and ERMC Safety Analysis Programs
- exchange of successful safety analysis programs, practices, procedures, and lessons learned
- training on safety analysis through workshops, subgroups, and seminars.
Workshop Host
Your
host for the 2009 Safety Analysis Workshop is National Security Technologies, LLC, which is a team of preeminent
companies working in the nuclear industry. National Security Technologies, LLC
(NSTec) was formed in 2005 as a joint venture combining the expertise of Northrop Grumman Corporation, AECOM,
CH2M Hill, and Babcock & Wilcox. These companies are actively involved in promoting safety; addressing
safety issues; and developing policies, procedures and resources that strengthen safety in nuclear and related fields.
Our managing partner, Northrop Grumman Corporation, is a world leader in advanced
defense technologies and has extensive experience in the management of complex operations.
AECOM, the world’s largest architecture and engineering firm, has decades of experience
at the Nevada Test Site as Holmes and Narver.
CH2M Hill has demonstrated revolutionary improvements in environmental and waste management.
Babcock & Wilcox brings extensive experience in nuclear operations as the provider of nuclear fuel for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of aircraft carriers and submarines.
NSTec manages operations at the Nevada Test Site and its related facilities and laboratories for the
Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office. NSTec teams with
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories on many
programs. NSTec also works on projects for other federal agencies such as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency,
NASA, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy. Our missions include Defense
Experimentation and Stockpile Stewardship, Homeland Security and Defense Applications, and Environmental Management.
More than two-thirds of NSTec's employees work in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, or at the Nevada Test Site (located
65 miles north of Las Vegas). The company has satellite offices in Livermore, California; Los Alamos, New Mexico;
Santa Barbara, California; and Washington, D.C.
NSTec also has a small number of employees located in nine other states and two foreign countries.
