About

Mission

The LLNL Packaging and Transportation Program's mission is to assist the United States Government in assuring the safety of radioactive material transportation and storage.

Scope

The scope of the mission is to provide support to the DOT, NRC, DOE & NNSA packaging certification processes.

This is accomplished by:

• Direct support to the packaging certification processes is provided by performing independent, thorough and defensible technical reviews on safety-related documentation, which includes confirmatory analysis and evaluation, as needed.
• Assuring that the packaging safety basis for design, testing and operation are compliant with regulatory requirements, to assure public safety, to provide uniformity of the evaluation process, to provide a quality assurance review, and to achieve efficiency in the certification process. SARP applications are reviewed against the requirements in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 173 through 178 (i.e., 49CFR173–178) and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71 (i.e., 10CFR71).

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Core Personnel

Name	Phone	Years in Nuclear Industry/DOE	Degree	Role
anderson2 [at] llnl.gov (Brian Anderson)	925-422-2685	20+	Ph.D, Chemical Engineering	Program Manager
biswas2 [at] llnl.gov (Debdas Biswas)	925-424-5775	29+	Ph.D, Nuclear Engineering	Criticality Safety
hafner1 [at] llnl.gov (Ron Hafner)	925-423-1449	44+	B.S., Physical Sciences	Containment Analysis
hagler3 [at] llnl.gov (Lisle Hagler)	925-423-8595	13+	Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering	Structural and Thermal Analysis
mok1 [at] llnl.gov (Gerry Mok)	925-422-8859	36+	Ph.D, Engineering	Structural Analysis
russell31 [at] llnl.gov (Ed Russell)	925-422-0934	42+	M.S. Mechanical Engineering	QA/QC Analysis
sitaraman1 [at] llnl.gov (Shiva Sitaraman)	925-424-6806	28+	Ph.D, Nuclear Engineering	Shielding Analysis and Criticality Safety
wen2 [at] llnl.gov (Josh Wen)	925-422-2668	6+	M.S., Mechanical Engineering	Thermal Analysis