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A DOE-led verification team will conduct an intensive review of Argonne's Integrated Safety Management (ISM) program in February, part of a DOE effort to verify ISM programs at all the national laboratories.
Team members include employees of DOE offices and contractors.
Associate laboratory directors and division offices will present an overview of their ISM procedures at the kickoff meeting Jan. 19-21 at Argonne-East.
Argonne must demonstrate that it uses sound processes and policies to integrate safety into the work its employees perform.
Presentations will include discussions of each organization's process descriptions for performing work, and how it obtains assistance from support organizations.
After reviewing documentation and discussions with upper management, the team will split into subteams to focus on each associate laboratory directorate, including operations. A subteam is expected to visit Argonne-West.
During this "field observation," tentatively scheduled for the week of Feb. 7, members of the team will visit many areas of the laboratory and interview employees about work practices.
They will review records, manuals and position descriptions, and observe scheduled activities like weekly planning meetings, safety training and safety meetings.
A pre-verification test review was performed on the laboratory's Physical, Biological and Computing Sciences divisions in July 1999. The practice run-through revealed no significant safety concerns. That directorate will not receive an intensive review in January.
Detailed information about ISM will be provided in a special series of ESH Focus newsletters, which will be distributed to all employees. Information is also available on the ISM Web site or by clicking "Integrated Safety Management" on the Argonnet home page.
Employees can win ISM coffee mugs by answering a short quiz in each special issue ofESH Focus.
Mugs will be awarded to the first 50 employees to complete the quiz and send it by interoffice mail toFocusEditor Eddi Langenberg at mail stop ESH-202.
Names of all winners will appear in upcoming issues ofArgonne News.
Argonne-West employees should tune to local radio or TV stations if severe winter weather strikes the Idaho Falls area.
If a snowstorm forces changes in morning bus routes, pickup times or locations, area broadcasters will inform viewers and listeners of any changes.
TV channels 3, 6 and 8 will provide information from 4:30 a.m. to 4:40 a.m. using a crawl line of words moving across the bottom of the screen.
The stations will likely provide the information again later in the morning. The early morning time gives the earliest bus riders ample opportunity to find out if bus schedules have changed.
Information about bus schedule changes will be sent to radio stations KIDK-AM 590, KLCE-FM 97.3, KUPI-FM 99.1, KSEI-AM 930, KADQ-FM 94.3, KFTZ-FM 103.3, KRIC-FM 100.5, KWIK-AM 1240, KZBQ-AM 1290 and KGTM-FM 98.1. The stations have been requested to make announcements as often as possible.
Tickets for Arts at Argonne's first concert of 2000, featuring bass-baritone Robert Holl with David Lutz on piano, go on sale the week of Jan. 17 from noon to 1 p.m. in Argonne-East's Building 213 Cafeteria.
Holl will sing songs by Robert Schumann on Sunday, Jan. 23, in the Advanced Photon Source Conference Center, Building 402. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. and is open to the public. No special permit is required to enter the laboratory site. The program will include Dichterliebe, Op. 48 and Liederkreis, Op. 39.
Tickets are $20. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the Auditorium Box Office, which will open the day of the performance at 2:30 p.m.
A native of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Holl received first prize at the 1971 International Vocal Competition in the Netherlands. The following year he won first prize at the Munich International Competition. From 1973 to 1975, he was a member of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
Holl frequently collaborates with other musicians, including Peter Schreier, for performances of Bach oratorios, and his wife, soprano Ellen van Lier, for performances of Hugo Wolf's Italian Songbook. His extensive discography for the Preisler label includes works by Pfitzner, Reger, Franz Schmidt, Schubert, and Wolf.
Pianist David Lutz is on the faculty of the Conservatory of the City of Vienna, where he holds classes in lied (German art song) and oratorio and in vocal accompaniment. Born in Pennsylvania, he is a graduate of the University of Delaware and Boston University. His first recording was made in 1986 with Robert Holl.
A special post-concert dinner will be offered at the Argonne Guest House restaurant. Dinner hours are from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The price is $22.95 per person. Reservations are requested; call (630) 739-6000.
Upcoming Arts at Argonne events include:
"The Physics of Acoustical Instruments,"
a lecture by Thomas Rossing of Northern Illinois
University, co-sponsored by Arts at Argonne and
the APS Colloquium Series. Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 4
p.m.
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet: J. S. Bach -- "The
Art of the Fugue," with an introduction by
Carl Grapentine, WFMT program host. Saturday, Feb.
26, at 8 p.m.
Silent Film Night -- "Hearts and Flowers,
Thrills and Spills: Rediscovering Silent Film."
Friday, March 10, 7 p.m.
Amati String Quartet, Saturday, March 25, 8 p.m.
Competition For Young Cellists, May 19-20.
Cello section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Friday, May 19, 8 p.m. This concert will be held
in conjunction with the competition for young
cellists May 19-20. The winner will perform a
public recital in the series "The Next
Generation -- Young Performers in Recital"
Sunday, May 21, 3 p.m.
All events will be held in the APS Conference Center Auditorium.
Robert B. Wiringa, chief of theoretical physics in Argonne's Physics Division, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
Wiringa was recognized for developing "realistic models of nuclear forces and their use in studies of the structure of nuclei and neutron stars with variational methods."
Election to APS fellowship is recognition by one's peers of outstanding contributions to the field of physics. Fellowship is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership each year.
Wiringa has been at Argonne since his post-doctoral work at Los Alamos from 1978 to 1980. He has held his current post since 1994.
He has written numerous journal articles and conference papers about his work, and has lectured in the United States and internationally.
Wiringa is webmaster for the society's Division of Nuclear Physics, and is a past member of the executive committee for the APS Few-Body Systems Topical Group.
Applications for the J. Harris Ward Graduate Fellowship, awarded annually to the daughter or son of a current Argonne employee, are due by Monday, Jan. 31.
The award is a $4,500 stipend toward the first year of graduate study at the University of Chicago. It is not renewable.
There is no restriction on the candidate's field of study. Candidates must have been admitted to one of the departments or committees of the university's four graduate divisions or to one of its six professional schools.
Candidates who have been granted admission will be reviewed for fellowship consideration by the deputy dean of students of the university with the help of the laboratory director.
Interested, eligible candidates should write to Jeffrey Slovak, deputy dean of students, University of Chicago, 5801 Ellis Ave., Room 228, Chicago, IL 60637.
The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) has announced its interest rates for the first quarter of 2000:
| Vendor | Rate | Contributions From | Earned Through |
| TIAA Traditional | 7.5% | 1/1/00 _ 2/29/00 | 2/29/00 |
| TIAA Supplemental | 7% | 1/1/00 _ 2/29/00 | 2/29/00 |
Prudential rates for the 1st quarter are as follows:
| Vendor | Rate | Contributions From | Earned Through |
| Prudential Fixed Interest** | 6.76% | 1/1/00 _ 3/31/00 | 6/30/00 |
| Prudential Guaranteed | 6.2% | 1/1/00 _ 3/31/00 | 12/31/01 |
(** Only available to non-staff participants)
A pre-retirement planning program will be held in April for employees age 55 years or above who plan on retiring within the next few years.
This program is held off-site near Argonne-East twice per year, and is intended to encourage positive planning for retirement and action on those plans before retirement. The program covers Argonne retirement benefits, distribution options and related tax issues, financial planning, estate planning and social security and medicare. Spouses are invited.
Space is limited and reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who cannot be accommodated immediately will be put on a list for future programs.
Those who have not already attended the program and are interested in participating should contact Marge Vaught (HR) at ext. 2-2985.
Don Michael Randel, provost of Cornell University, has been nominated to serve as the University of Chicago's 12th president.
Randel, 59, will take office July 1, succeeding Hugo F. Sonnenschein, who has served as president since 1993.
Sonnenschein announced in June his decision to return to teaching and research in the university's Department of Economics after seven years as university president.
As provost at Cornell, Randel is the leading academic officer after the president. He is a distinguished scholar of music with special interests in music of the Renaissance and Middle Ages.
Randel has been an Honorary Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a Danforth Graduate Fellow and a Fulbright Award winner.
He also has served on the advisory or review committees of several other universities.
A free, one-hour seminar on child car-seat safety will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in Argonne-East's Building 203 Auditorium.
The program will cover the proper installation of car seats and will include a list of organizations that conduct checks to make sure seats are properly installed.
The program will be presented by DuPage Safe Kids, an organization dedicated to preventing accidental injury, the number-one killer of children. The seminar is sponsored by Argonne's Traffic Safety Committee.
A two-day course on Microsoft Project 98 will be offered on consecutive Tuesdays, Feb. 22 and Feb. 29. The popular project management software helps users plan budgets and schedules and keeps project team members updated.
Participants will learn to create a basic project, define tasks, and work with time scales and chart views. The second day will cover scheduling and editing tasks, using outlines and resources, working with calendars and online help.
Classes will be held in Argonne-East's Building 221, Room A142 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Cost is $390.
The class is sponsored by the Electronics and Computing Technologies Division. Enrollment informationcan be found online. Cancellation notice is required by Friday, Feb. 4.
An e-mail summary of technology transfer announcements, technical inquiries from industry and the latest funding opportunities is available each Friday from Industrial Technology Development. The bulletin also includes links to World Wide Web sites of companies and funding sponsors.
To subscribe, contact Cindy Wesolowski (ITD) at ext. 2-7694, or send e-mail to weso@anl.gov.
