Root Cause / Cause Analysis
WD Associates provides highly experienced industry personnel to perform Root Cause / Cause Analysis services for significant events that have occurred at your facility. In addition, WD performs independent reviews and provides oversight and mentoring of the development and implementation of effective actions at your facility to aid in ensuring performance problems and gaps are identified before they result in a loss of production, regulatory compliance issues or personnel injuries.
Root Cause / Cause Analysis services include:
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Corrective Action Program (CAP) development and Implementation
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Root Cause Analysis Team support
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Independent Reviews of Cause Analysis
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Major equipment failures investigations
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Severe personnel injury/fatality investigations
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Training and Mentoring leaders in Performance Improvement and CAP
Assessments / Inspection Support
WD Associates provides highly experienced industry personnel to assist clients in performing assessments/inspections at your facility; we also perform independent reviews of assessments/inspections as requested. In addition, WD develop assessment programs to enable clients in identifying performance gaps and operational vulnerabilities at your facility.
Assessments / Inspection Support services include:
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CAP Program Effectiveness Assessments
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Training Program Assessments
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Safety Program Assessments
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NRC IP 95001/95002/95003 Support
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NERC Assessment support
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NERC Cold Weather Assessments
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Vegetation management safety event analysis
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Plant Operational Performance & Material Condition Assessments
Performance Improvement Mentoring and Support
WD Associates provides highly experienced personnel to help clients become more effective in solving problems ranging from targeting fixes for specific problems to overall integrated organizational improvements.
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Performance Improvement / Mentoring and Support services include:
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Development and implementation of continuous improvement activities
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Support for analysis and resolution of performance gaps
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Performance Assessment Mentoring and Support
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Analysis of Safety Culture issues
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Organizational Effectiveness Assessments
FREDERIC LAKE
President of WD Associates, Inc.
Mr. Lake started his career as an electrician in the Navy Nuclear Submarine service, then served as a staff instructor at a Navy Nuclear Prototype Training Facility. He joined the commercial nuclear industry in 1989 providing Emergency Preparedness training for the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station. He received a Senior Reactor Operator Certification at Nine Mile Point Unit 2, then joined the staff at the James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant. While at the Fitzpatrick plant, Mr. Lake worked as a System Engineer and as a Licensing Engineer.
Mr. Lake joined WD Associates in 1996 providing services for numerous clients, then taking positions of increasing responsibility within WD. During this time, Mr. Lake developed a reputation for leading effective causal analyses and helping clients solve significant performance problems.
In 2008, Mr. Lake joined the Team at Palo Verde Nuclear Station to assist them in the recovery from significant performance issues leading to NRC Column 4 and 95003 Inspections. This role included management of CAP, causal analysis, and operating experience programs. These efforts helped move the station from NRC Reactor Oversight Program (ROP) Column 4 to Column 1, cleared a long-standing substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R), cleared an NRC Confirmatory Action Letter, and resolved INPO Areas for Improvement (AFI) in Causal Analysis and Operating Experience. Mr. Lake received the 2009 APS Chairman’s Award for leadership in clearing INPO AFI’s and helping the station to improve station performance.
Mr. Lake returned to WD Associates in 2012 as the Vice President of Business Development. In this role he guided the expansion of WD’s recovery support business, causal analysis support, and led WD into new contract markets in the commercial nuclear industry. In 2013, Mr. Lake was promoted to President of WD Associates where he continues to work with clients and lead WD in performance improvement technologies.
Contact info
email: fdlake@teamwd.com