Lesson Learned Statement:Keeping personnel consistent through the entirety of an evolution, can reduce the amount of pre-job briefings having to be held and can make the completion of the operation much easier to accomplish.Discussion:The project entailed the decontamination of the Acid Recovery Pump Room (ARPR) in its entirety. Decontamination efforts encompassed the removal of all loose debris from the ARPR and vacuuming the ARPR floor. Permanent utilities to the ARPR had to be isolated. The process lines within the ARPR were drained of liquids as necessary and subsequently isolated to ensure against inadvertent intrusion of additional liquids. The tank, pumps, electrical and instrumentation components, process and utility piping, HEPA filters, and miscellaneous debris were size reduced as necessary and removed from the ARPR. The final state of the ARPR is that the walls, ceiling, and floor are free of any components or equipment.Analysis:At the onset of the ARPR Project, dedicated operations personnel were assigned. The personnel from D&D Operations, Radiation Control Operations and Industrial Health & Safety were consistent throughout the Project. This allowed multiple daily entries during the project. The number of pre-job briefings required was greatly reduced and replaced with a daily job briefing held each day at 0700 hours to discuss the daily work activities. The consistency of personnel throughout the Project allowed work activities of a difficult Project to progress much smoother than would have been possible with constantly changing personnel.Recommended Actions:N/AOriginator:West Valley Nuclear Services, W.F.Scott, II at (716) 942-4642Validator:N/AContact:W.F.Scott, II at (716) 942-4642Name Of Authorized Derivative Classifier:N/AName Of Reviewing Official:N/APriority Descriptor:Green / Good Work PracticeKeywords:Project personnel; stable staffing; consistencyReferences:N/AInformation in this report is accurate to the best of our knowledge. As means of measuring the effectiveness of this report please use the "Comment" link at the bottom of this page to notify the Lessons Learned Web Site Administrator of any action taken as a result of this report or of any technical inaccuracies you find. Your feedback is important and appreciated. DOE Function / Work Categories:Human ResourcesISM Category:Feedback and ImprovementHazard:Other
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