Jonathan Young

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Biography

Mr. Young has over 35 years experience in systems and safety engineering, safety analysis, proba¬bilistic safety assessment (PSA), and system security activities. He is an internationally recognized expert in PSA and has taught courses in the techniques and application of PSA to a wide variety of domestic and international clients. His career has spanned the aerospace and utility industries start¬ing with the Apollo project and involving weapons systems, energy facilities and a wide variety of nuclear reactors. He has been a key individual in the development and application of PSA tech¬niques to a wide variety of subjects since he directed the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Fault Tree Analysis activity on the NRC Reactor Safety Study (WASH-1400). Projects performed and managed by Mr. Young have involved the innovative application of PSA, reliability, safety, and security technology. The types of subjects addressed have included nuclear power reactors, healthcare processes , waste storage, test reactors, medical applications of radionuclide by-products, fuel reprocessing and weapons systems; space payload systems, booster vehicles, and launch vehicles; military aircraft and systems; LNG storage and transportation, hydroelectric dams, crude oil storage and transportation; solar thermal, photovoltaic, and wind power systems; and a utility billing system.

Education and Credentials

B.A., Mathematics, Lincoln University, 1965
Graduate Studies, Reactor Systems Design, Catholic University, 1973
DOE Certified Instructor, 1989

Affiliations and Professional Service

Awards and Recognitions

2004, Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel for NASA
2003, Appointed Member of National Research Council Committee

Selected Publications

2008

Young J, SE Thompson, AJ Brothers, PD Whitney, GA Coles, CL Henderson, KE Wolf, and BL Hoopes. 2008. "The Use of Dynamic Stochastic Social Behavior Models to Produce Likelihood Functions for Risk Modeling of Proliferation and Terrorist Attacks ." In International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference: PSAM 9, May 18-23, 2008, Hong Kong, China, ed. TM Kao, E Zio, V Ho. Edge Publication Group, Hong Kong, China.
Sullivan RS, JGH Geeting, WE Lawrence, and J Young. 2008. Hazard Analysis for the Pretreatment Engineering Platform (PEP). PNNL-16755 Rev 0, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2007

Pronovost PJ, CG Holzmueller, J Young, PD Whitney, AW Wu, DA Thompson, LH Lubomski, and LL Morlock. 2007. "Using Incident Reporting to Improve Patient Safety: A Conceptual Model." Journal of Patient Safety 3(1):27-33.
Schmitt BE, and J Young. 2007. "Flashing Slurry Releases." In EFCOG 17th Annual Safety Analysis Working Group Workshop, p. 10 pages. Energy Facility Contractors Group, Escondido, CA.

2006

Young J, PD Whitney, and PJ Pronovost. 2006. "Analyzing Medical Incident Reports in the Context of Medical Care Processes." In International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management: PSAM 8, May 14-19, New Orleans, Louisiana, ed. MG Stamatelatos and HS Blackman, p. 13. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY.
Sullivan RS, and J Young. 2006. "Tracking Hazard Analysis Data in a Jungle of Changing Design." In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management Conference held in New Orleans May 14-18, 2006, ed. MG Stamatelatos and HS Blackman, p. 96. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY.

2004

Young J, MD Zentner, and DL McQuerry. 2004. LER Data Mining Pilot Study Final Report. PNNL-14910, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Sullivan RS, GW Ryan, and J Young. 2004. "Remaining Calm in the Midst of Chaos." In Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) Safety Analysis Working Group (SAWG) 2004 Annual Workshop, May 1-6, 2004, Pleasanton, CA, p. 13 pages. EFCOG Safety Analysis Working Group Workshop, Pleasanton, CA.
Whitney PD, J Young, J Santell, R Hicks, C Posse, and BA Fecht. 2004. "Analysis of Medication Error Reports." In Proceedings of IMECE 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition held in Anaheim, California, pp. 121-126. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY.

2003

Holter GM, and J Young. 2003. "Analytical Approaches to Address Homeland Security Issues." In 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress - IMECE 2003. Engineering Technology Management, Nov 15-21 2003, Washington, DC, pp. 199-204. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY.