RONALD C. HARKER (208)529-5513 EDUCATION: Brigham Young University, Mathematics Major 1956-1960 U.S. Army Engineer School, Ft. Belvoir, Va., Instructor Instructor Training Program U.S. Army 1954 Idaho State University 1952-1953 Naval Ordnance Plant, Pocatello, ID 1952-1953 EXPERIENCE: Corporate Affiliations: EG&G Technical Services Inc. 1993 thru 1995 Los Alamos Technical Associate, 1991 to 1993 . Private consultant to commercial and DOE nuclear fa- cility organizations, including Westinghouse, EG&G, Combustion Engineering, 1980-1991 Health physicist with most major contractors and facil- ities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) 1961-1980 Areas of Specialization: Health physics Nuclear facility operations Hazardous material handling OSHA/RCRA training Procedure preparation/review Field inspection/facility walkdowns Years of Experience: 34 Related Experience: Mr. Harker is certified in DOE performance based training instruction (general employee training, hazardous materials worker, radiation protection, confined space entry). He is also certified for nuclear power plant instructor training, and is a certified instructor for the U.S. Army Engineer School. Much of his training experience has been in the OSHA arena. He is presently writing training courses to 29 CFR 1910.120 (OSHA Hazardous Materials Worker). He is also instructing the course materials to employees of EG&G at the Tooele Army Chemical Demilitarization Incinerator. This assignment started February 3, 1994 and was completed December 1, 1995. He provided project management assistance for the Waste Reduction Operations Complex (WROC). This assignment required the use of a software program called "Timeline" to forecast cost projections for the various management waste streams. Mr. Harker wrote Safety Assessment Documents (SADs) for the Product Concentrator and Filtrate Evaporator at the Plutonium Reclamation Facility at the Hanford Site. The SADs were written to conform to WHC policies and procedures. Significant safety concerns included hazards associated with elevated temperatures and pressures in the presence of nitrated organic mixtures. Input from a number of chemical and physical analyses, as well as input from a committee that evaluated an accident involving radioactive waste at Tomsk, Russia, were considered in preparing the SADs. Mr. Harker prepared operations and maintenance manuals for the turnover of a facility from the construction contractor to the operating contractor at a chemical weapons treatment project in Tooele, UT. The manuals, which were developed from vendor files, construction drawings, and other sources, had to be approved by the Army Corps of Engineers. Mr Harker participated in a project for the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) Golden Field Office (GO) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). DOE Orders related to institutional management and environment safety and health (ES&H) were reviewed and specific requirements from the Orders were tabulated to provide a brief summary of the requirements and the specific responsibilities of GO and NREL personnel. Mr. Harker was a member of a DOE Compliance Self-Assessment team for DOE Idaho Operations Office (ID). The focus of the assessment was to determine ID compliance with DOE ES&H Orders. The audit was performed by a statement-by-statement review of the Orders using a computerized database. The findings were determined to be one of the following: Compliant, Noncompliant, or Deficient-Compliant. The findings were determined through review of numerous evidence docu- ments and interviews with appropriate line managers at the Idaho Operations Office. Mr. Harker led a team that performed a critical self-assessment for Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source (APS). This accelerator facility is currently under construction, and the LATA team reviewed the ES&H organization and procedures of the APS project to evaluate ES&H compliance, and the adequacy of current planning efforts in the ES&H area. Mr. Harker led a small group working with the Safety Department of EG&G, at Rocky Flats. He and his group were involved in the safety inspection and training program improvements, including updating of documentation and procedures. Mr. Harker performed safety inspections and wrote training programs at the Palo Verde nuclear power station. This included course development and procedure preparation. Mr. Harker has over 10 years of consulting experience with DOE and commercial nuclear facilities, and thus has broad knowledge of nuclear facility operations and procedures. Activities during this period included Health Physics (HP) coverage during numerous refueling and mainte- nance outages, sparger nozzle refurbishment, steam generator repair or replacement, and startup. He also performed audits of health physics work practices, and taught basic HP principles to entry level students in a Nuclear Services Program at a technical college. He is presently a senior officer of an "S" Corporation that has engaged in Hazardous materials cleanup efforts, asbestos abatement activities, and has served as an inspector for real estate holdings in transactions of sales for various financial corporations. He has worked with most major operating contractors at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). Mr. Harker was involved in Health Physics programs at numerous INEL facilities over a period of 20 years. He has experience in high radiation fields during cleanup of the RaLa facility at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, and during the initial re-entry following the SPERT I reactor destruction test. Among other activities, he provided health physics coverage for refueling operations at the Materials Test Reactor and the Engineering Test Reactor, and was involved in the startup of the Advanced Test Reactor. During his 10 years at the INEL's Naval Reactor Facility (NRF), he was responsible for radiological control programs, and directed crafts and technicians working on radioactive or potentially radioactive systems at several nuclear propulsion prototype reactors and at the Expended Core Facility. He was also a member of the NRF Emergency Team