Risk and Reliability for DOE Facilities - U.S. Government

Risk and Reliability for DOE Facilities - Consulting Services

ABS Consulting is the premier risk consulting company in the world. We provide an enterprise-wide approach to delivering rational solutions for your safety and risk challenges. ABS Consulting engineers are acknowledged leaders in the field of safety analysis, seismic evaluations, risk assessment, and safety assessment training. Our reputation is built on our proven technical expertise, the unmatched quality of our work, the clarity of our documentation, and our commitment to customer satisfaction. We have an extensive work history with a variety of DOE facilities and have provided an assortment of consulting and training services.

Documented Safety Analyses (DSAs)
ABS Consulting's engineers are at the forefront in helping DOE and its contractors implement features of 10 CFR 830 (Nuclear Safety Management). We also have experts who specialize in preparation of Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs) (including safety limits, limiting control settings, limiting conditions for operation, surveillance requirements, and administrative requirements) and Unreviewed Safety Questions (USQs).

Maintenance Management Programs
We can help DOE contractors implement programs for the management and effective performance of maintenance and repair of equipment.

PSM/RMP and Chemical Hazard Analyses
Having performed hundreds of process hazard analyses (PHAs) for a broad range of clients (petroleum, pharmaceutical, chemical, government), we specialize in facilities and processes that are covered by OSHA's process safety management (PSM) regulation (29 CFR 1910.119) and EPA's risk management program (RMP) rule (40 CFR 68).

Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRAs)
We have performed more than 100 QRAs for industrial clients in the chemical, nuclear, and defense industries. QRA services include risk screening, frequency assessment, consequence assessment, risk assessment, and risk management.

Dispersion and Consequence Analyses (including explosion analyses)
We can estimate the magnitude of health effects, facility/equipment damage, economic losses, or environmental impacts associated with accidents involving hazardous materials.

Accident Investigations
ABS Consulting can assist you with the investigation of your safety, reliability, quality, production, or environmental losses with proven, structured analysis techniques. We make sure that you get beyond the immediate causes of the event and identify the root causes of the event.

Procedure Development
We can provide services that cover the full spectrum of tasks related to procedure development and training, from initial needs assessments to final program evaluations. Services provided are (1) writing maintenance and operating procedures and (2) developing technical documents, such as operating limits tables and process safety information.

Natural Phenomena Hazards (NPH) Analysis
ABS Consulting is a proven leader in the development, implementation, and dissemination of criteria for the design and evaluation of DOE facilities for earthquakes and extreme winds. We also have direct experience addressing DNFSB assessments and issues related to seismic hazards.

Blast Analysis and Security Threat Assessment
Our blast experts have extensive experience in the analysis, design, and testing of DOE facilities and equipment designed to mitigate explosion hazards. We have practical experience addressing external security threats, including analysis and design of physical security barriers to prevent intrusion and retrofits of structures to improve resistance to terrorist bombs.

Related Training

If you want to conduct DSAs or accident analyses on your own, ABS Consulting Training Services provides the best training services available on these topics. In addition, we offer training on our state-of-the-art, professionally developed software for documenting all types of DSAs. The courses, which include "hands-on" practice sessions, give your personnel the resources and training necessary to conduct efficient and effective DSAs and related studies without outside assistance.

Course 103
Process Hazard Analysis Leader Training Using the HAZOP & What-If/Checklist Techniques
Course 106
Incident Investigation/Root Cause Analysis
Course 301
Hazard Evaluation: Consequence Analysis Methods
Course 139
Hazard & Accident Analysis
Course 162
Implementing DOE Order 433: Maintenance Management for DOE Nuclear Facilities
Course 201
Quantitative Risk & Reliability Methods

Customized Courses
None of these courses meet your specific needs? Let us custom design a program to meet your specific objectives. Because of our wide range of preplanned options for each standard course, there is usually no extra charge for customization. Highly customized or completely new courses can also be developed for a negotiable fee. Call ABS Consulting for more details.

For more information about our public and private courses, please call the course administrator at (865) 675-2580 or visit our Web site at http://www.absconsulting.com/svc_training.cfm.

For more information, contact:

Thomas Roche
Vice President
1-714-734-4242 | troche@absconsulting.com

Karen Evans
Course Administrator
1-865-675-2580 | kevans@absconsulting.com