Kenya Fellowship
Training Program
2015
Kenya Fellowship Training
Program
College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
May 27 - June 16, 2015
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Nuclear Power Institute (NPI) organized an International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) fellowship training program at Texas A&M University for a group of Kenyan
professionals involved in planning the steps toward developing a nuclear program in their country. Participants
included engineers, scientists, economists, legal officers, managers, and human resources specialists from
the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board (KNEB), the Kenyan Ministry of Energy’s Nuclear Electricity Project, and
the Kenyan National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation. For many of the participants,
this was their second fellowship training session with NPI at Texas A&M, the first occurring in 2012 when
they attended an introductory program in nuclear power. The program was sponsored by the IAEA and the
Kenyan government.
This year’s three week program focused on all aspects of safety, and in particular safety culture, as part of
the Kenya national nuclear program. Subject matter experts from industry, utilities, regulatory agencies, and
academia spoke to the group about nuclear safety, reactor safety, and safety culture, as well as the broader
subject of industrial safety, which will be critical to the Kenyan nuclear program during the construction of
nuclear facilities and infrastructure.
As part of the program, participants visited
the Exelon gas-fueled power plant in
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Wharton, Texas to witness how safety culture
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is implemented in that industry. They saw
first-hand the implementation of industrial
and
a personnel safety at the Palacios Marine
and
a Industrial company. From there, they
traveled to Bay City, Texas, where the
Taneris Corporation is building a very large
seamless pipe manufacturing facility. By
visiting the Taneris offices the group saw
how safety is addressed in an ongoing
large-scale construction project.
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At the close of the program, participant Moses Muinde, a legal officer with the KNEB, commented, “I have
now internalized safety culture. I had read about safety culture, but now I have a very clear picture of what
it is, what we have to do.” The program emphasized case studies and lessons learned from other countries
and other industries, looking at both their successes and shortcomings. Victor Mutava, a radiation protection
officer with the KNEB, remarked, “What can we learn from different cultures? We can learn from the
experiences of others. There is an advantage to not doing something first. Hopefully we can now get it right
in Kenya with our laws and regulations. These don’t change, and if we get it right, it will outlive us.”
NPI would like to thank all of the sponsors, participants, and speakers who contributed to the success of this
training program.
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Participants
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Naftaly Gitongah
Terry Kathambi
Catherine Kianji
Accountant/Strategy
Officer - KNEB
Human Resource
Assistant - NEP
Senior Legal Officer
NEP
Lillian Matu
Nancy Mberia
Joe Mburu
Moses Muinde
National Liaison
Assistant - KNEB
Technical Officer
KNEB
Technical Officer
NEP
Legal Officer
KNEB
Diana Musyoka
Victor Mutava
Diana Okowa
Felix Omonya
Technical Officer
KNEB
Radiation Protection
Officer - KNEB
Administration Officer
KNEB
Science Secretary
NACOSTI
Reception
Thursday, May 28, 2015
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Professional Seminar Topics
Thursday, May 28, 2015
“Process and Personnel Safety,” “Construction and Electrical Safety,” “Safety
Culture and Leadership,” and “Process Safety Management and PPE”
Mary K. O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
College Station, Texas
http://process-safety.tamu.edu/
Friday, May 29, 2015
“Lessons Learned from Past Nuclear Accidents”
Dr. John W. Poston, Sr., NPI, Associate Director and Professor,
Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
Friday, May 29, 2015
“Hazard and Risk Analysis”
Mary K. O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
College Station, Texas
http://process-safety.tamu.edu/
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Monday, June 1, 2015
“Anatomy of a Disaster”
Dr. John W. Poston, Sr.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
“Safety and Communications”
Dr. John W. Poston, Sr.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
“Safety Culture”
Mr. Ken Brockman, Former Director of Reactor
Safety and Projects for the NRC and Former
Director of Nuclear Installation Safety for the
IAEA, Currently President, MEM Management
Services, Radcliff, KY
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
“Nuclear Management and Safety
Culture”
Mr. Mike Blevins, Chief Operating Officer
(retired) and previous Chief Nuclear Officer,
Luminant
Thursday, June 4, 2015
“Security and Safety, Physical Protection,
Emergency Response”
Mr. Ken Brockman
Friday, June 5, 2015
“Roles and Responsibilities of People and
Organizations for Nuclear Security,
Safeguards and Safety”
Dr. Paulo Barretto, Associate Director for
International Programs, Nuclear Power Institute,
Texas A&M University
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
“Nuclear Safety and Regulations”
Mr. Elmo Collins, Independent Safety Consultant
On Analysis LLC, US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) (retired),
last position Regional Administrator NRC Region
IV., Arlington, Texas
Thursday, June 11, 2015
“Vogtle Nuclear Construction Lessons
Learned”
Mr. Rick Connolly, Director - Initial
Test Program, Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc., Vogtle Units 3 & 4
Waynesboro, Georgia
Friday, June 12, 2015
“Nuclear Safety and Procurement”
Mr. Carl Sayko, Formerly with South Texas
Nuclear Operating Company
Friday, June 12, 2015
“International Codes and Standards for
Nuclear Design and Manufacturing”
Dr. Thomas Kozik, Professor Emeritus of
Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas
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Nuclear Safety Culture:
Case Studies Group
Presentations
Wednesday,
y, June 3,, 2015
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Wharton County Court House
Monday, June 8, 2015
The Honorable Phillip Spenrath, County Judge
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Exelon Plant
Monday, June 8, 2015
Wharton, Texas
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Palacios Marine & Industrial - PMI
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Palacios, Texas
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Taneris Headquarters
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Bay City, Texas
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Certifi
cate High
Ceremony
Glen
Rose
School
Monday, June 15, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Glen Rose, TX
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Closing Luncheon
Monday, June 15, 2015
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Photo Album
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Many Departures!
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Staff from Texas A&M
University
Paulo Barretto
T.K. Bhardwaj
NPI Research Scientist
NSSPI Assistant Research
Scientist
tkbhar@tamu.edu
paulobarretto@tamu.edu
Jay Haines
NPI Recruiting Manager
NPI Program Specialist I
sac@tamu.edu
jayhaines@tamu.edu
Yassin Hassan
Tami Davis Hollar
Wayne Kinnison
Cable Kurwitz
Department Head,
Department of Nuclear
Engineering
NPI Associate Director
NPI Research Scientist
t-hollar@tamu.edu
wkinnison@tamu.edu
Tees Associate Research Engineer / Senior Lecturer
y-hassan@tamu.edu
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Stephanie
Czajkowski
kurwitz@tamu.edu
Natela Ostrovskaya
NPI Senior Research
Associate / Senior Lecturer
K. L. Peddicord
John Poston
Kelley Ragusa
NPI Director
NPI Associate Director
k-peddicord@tamu.edu
j-poston@tamu.edu
NSSPI Communications
Coordinator
natela@tamu.edu
kelleyragusa@tamu.edu
Valerie Segovia
Galina Tsvetkova
Ann Wallingford
NPI Director of Outreach
and Development
NPI Senior Research
Associate / Lecturer
NPI Senior Program
Specialist
vsegovia@tamu.edu
tsvetkovag@tamu.edu
a-wallingford@tamu.edu
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