PCAPP Update 29 January 2014

1. PCAPP Update
29 January 2014

2. Safety
As of Dec. 31, 2013
PCAPP staff has accomplished:
 614 Safe Work Days
 3,319,552 Safe Work Hours
 Element Ownership Teams formed for
VPP Application for Operations
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3. Staffing – 1,023 employees
 Bechtel Pueblo Team
non-manual: 845
 Pueblo – 843
–193 Pueblo County hires
–41 Colorado hires
–Off-project locations—2
 Construction Workers: 178
–Bechtel direct-hire – 93
–Subcontractor
personnel – 85
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4. Pueblo County residents filled 20%
of Positions in December
Hires v. Vacancies Pueblo County Applicants v. Hires
PCAPP Staffing Actuals
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
9/20/2013- 10/19/2013 12/15/2013 1/1/2014
Filled Positions
Filled Positions
containing Pueblo
County Applicants
Pueblo County New
Hires
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40 New Hires Pueblo
County
New Hires from
Colorado
New Hires from
Other (Includes
Transfers)
Positions Filled
758781
814
862
868
911
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400
600
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1000
1200
Jul-13
Aug-13
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Aug-15
Sep-15
Start…
Medical
Maintenance
Ops Support
Operations
Laboratory
Other
Actuals
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5. Recruiting Efforts
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Monthly ads will run in the “Help
Wanted” section of the Pueblo
Chieftain in 2014. They will highlight
the following:
 Workshops
 Job Fairs
 Local hiring success stories
 Staffing Needs
First-in-a-Series. This ad, running
Jan. 27-Feb. 2, features a Resume
Writing Workshop in conjunction with
the Pueblo Workforce Center.

6. ORR Major Milestones – The Road to
Initial Agent Operations
*Major Milestones per the
PCAPP Integrated Master
Schedule (IMS)
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9
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5
4
3
6
14
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Lab Dilute Agent Operations Mini-Operational Readiness Review (ORR)
Boiler Ignition Readiness Assessment
Start Operational Readiness Demo (IOD) – JUN 2015
Agent Entry Readiness and Agent Containment and Confinement Controls – JUL 2014
Start ERB Provisional Operations/Operations Certifications – SEP 2014
Start APB Provisional Operations/Operations Certifications – NOV 2014
Contingency Training Readiness/Crew Certification – JAN 2015
Begin Plant “Soft” Lockdown (Familiarization) – FEB 2015
Start BTA Provisional Operations/Operations Certifications – NOV 2014 (Optional
– Not required per ACWA Policy #26)
Yard Provisional Operations – JUL 2014
Systemization Complete/Declare
Readiness – JUL 2015
Complete PCAPP Systemization
(for Pilot Testing) – SEP 2015
Training Facility Available for Practical Factors – Readiness Check
Pre-Systemization Complete
Training Facility Available for Toxic Area Training – Readiness Check
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Environmental Readiness – MAR 2015
16Key Readiness
Milestones
COMPLETE
IN PROGRESS
NOT STARTED
* Incremental Readiness
Assessments will overlap –
they are not strictly sequential
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7. Control Room
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Inside the Control Room, workers are remotely operating the
robots in one of the Explosion Containment Rooms in the
Enhanced Reconfiguration Building.

8. Enhanced Reconfiguration Building
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The robots are being controlled remotely from
the Control Room.

9. Agent Filtration Area (AFA)
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Eight Exhaust Air Filter Units in the
AFA now contain filters, consisting of:
 128 pre-filters
 256 HEPA filters
 2,304 charcoal adsorber cells
1440 stainless steel cells, weighing 85
lbs. each
864 plastic cells, weighing 73 lbs. each
Total weight of all carbon cells is
185,472 lbs. or 92.736 tons
ALL ACCOMPLISHED SAFELY!

10. Biotreatment Area (BTA)
In the BTA, painters with G.C. Zarnas take a break from prepping the
brine containment area in preparation for polyurea coatings. The
coatings will make cleanup easier in the event of an accidental spill.
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11. Toxic Training Underway
Entry Support Area (ESA) tenders prepare for training wearing
Demilitarization Protective Ensemble (DPE) suits. The ESA tenders will
make entries into the main processing buildings during operations and
need to have full body protection in the event of a chemical incident.
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12. PCAPP Explosive Destruction System
SAVE
THIS
SPACE!
Starting next month stay current on the progress of the
PCAPP Explosive Destruction System (EDS). New
information will be part of our PCAPP monthly updates!
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13. Questions?
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