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Regulatory Compliance and Licensing |
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Member of the Senior Technical Team (2000-present)
for the U.S. Department of Energy overseeing the Construction
Authorization reviews of the Waste Treatment Plant. Drafted position
and white papers pertaining to the regulatory process; major
contributor to white paper on regulatory transition from the
U.S. Department of Energy to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. |
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As a member of the Readiness to Proceed teams,
assessed the TWRS contractor’s readiness to proceed with
privatization. Responsible for assessing the areas of environment,
health, safety and quality assurance. (1998 and 2000) |
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Principal Author, Integrated Licensing Strategy for
the Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System. (1998–1999) |
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Member of Y-12 Enriched Uranium Operations Restart
Management Assessment Team. Evaluated the areas of safety analysis
review and unreviewed safety questions. |
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Assisted Y-12 Enriched Uranium Operations Restart
Team in preparing briefings for the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety
Board staff. (1998) |
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As mentor for the Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS)
Final Safety Analysis Report, developed strategies for addressing
various technical issues that produced the first FSAR compliant to
U.S. Department of Energy Orders; prepared briefings for the Defense
Nuclear Facility Safety Board and its staff and briefed the DNFSB;
significantly enhanced the credibility of the TWRS Authorization
Basis. (1996–1997) |
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Safety and Hazards Analysis |
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Major author of the Hanford high-level waste tank
authorization basis evolution master plan. (1998) |
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Briefed the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board and
staff on the Final Safety Analysis Report for the Hanford Site’s TWRS.
(1996) |
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Served as primary interface with U.S. Department of
Energy independent review team evaluating Hanford TWRS FSAR. (1996) |
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Member, Westinghouse Hanford Company Advisory
Committee for TSRS Safety Analysis. Developed and assisted in
execution of strategy that yielded Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board acceptance and document acceptance. (1995–1996) |
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Performed preliminary hazard screening for Oak Ridge
Y-12 Plant Development Division projects. (1995) |
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Task Leader for the Hanford Site’s B Plant interim
safety basis accident analysis. (1994) |
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Instructor for Process Safety Management Course for
the National Safety Council and Westinghouse Hanford Company.
(1993–1994) |
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Project Manager for development of interim safety
basis (basis for interim operation) accident analysis for nuclear
processing facility. (1994) |
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Project Manager for an OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 process
hazards analysis for an ammonia coolant system. (1992) |
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Performed hazards and operability studies for tritium
processing, uranium conversion, and laser isotope separation
facilities. (1988–1990) |
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Served on an accident investigation team for an
incident involving fissile materials at a nuclear processing facility.
(1990) |
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Served as a member of a U.S. Department of
Energy/Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., task force on regulatory
comparability. (1989) |
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Assessed the radiological safety program at a nuclear
fuel fabrication facility. (1985) |
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Principal Investigator for the safety critique of the
Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation process. (1983) |
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Principal Investigator for an assessment of the
hazards associated with disposal of incompatible wastes at a hazardous
and radioactive wastes disposal site. (1982–1983) |
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Principal Investigator for the development of
credible accident scenarios and their subsequent analysis and for the
identification of potential safety systems for Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant
Wet Chemistry and Uranium Parts Manufacturing facilities. (1981–1982) |
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Performed criticality safety analysis of a UF6
product cold trap. (1981–1982) |
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Defined the minimum accident of concern and evaluated
the adequacy of the protection system for gaseous diffusion plant.
(1981–1982) |
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Principal Investigator for the FSAR for the
Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant, which was developed in accordance
with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide 3.25.
(1981) |
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Assessed the compatibility of Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant
facilities with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations. (1989)
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Principal Investigator for preparation of Phase I
Installation Assessment for mixed hazardous and radioactive waste
sites in accordance with U.S. Department of Energy Order 5480.14.
(1984) |
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Principal Investigator for the preparation of spill
prevention control and countermeasure plans and contingency, training,
and waste characterization plans for RCRA Part B permit applications.
(1983) |
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Coordinator of the preliminary safety analysis report
for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant Project. This effort
involved developing responses to inquiries by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission staff, updating the preliminary safety analysis report to
reflect design changes, and acting as a liaison between the Clinch
River Breeder Reactor Project and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission staff. (1975–1977) |
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Program Management |
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Ms. Hansen has twenty-five years experience managing
task ordering contracts with over twenty tasks being simultaneously
conducted at an annual revenue of greater than $2M. |
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As a trained and certified facilitator, Ms. Hansen
has facilitated numerous for profit and nonprofit groups to enable the
group to become a more highly functioning group, to develop group
charters and to develop strategic plans and actions. |
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Systems Analysis |
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Ms. Hansen’s recent activities include serving as a
member of the Fluor Hanford rebaselining team to determine feasibility
of executing new contractual and programmatic baseline and
participating in the development of minimum safe staffing level
methodology to derive minimum stffing level to comply with applicable
regulations. Applied methodology to a spent nuclear facility which
resulted in an annual cost saving in excess of $20M. |
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Participated in the development of minimum safe
staffing level methodology to derive minimum stffing level to comply
with applicable regulations. Applied methodology to a spent nuclear
facility which resulted in an annual cost saving in excess of $20M.
(2004) |
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Studied feasibility of using various existing Oak
Ridge National Laboratory facilities for a waste-handling pilot plant.
(1989) |
