Assessment of the Emergency Management Program at the Pantex Plant
Office of Enterprise Assessments
December 26, 2018
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December 2018
Enterprise Assessments Assessment of the Pantex Plant Emergency Management Program – December 2018
Assessment of the Emergency Management Program at the Pantex Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Emergency Management Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted an assessment at the Pantex Plant in July and August 2018. The purpose was to examine the effectiveness of the Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) corrective actions for seven findings and one deficiency from three previous EA assessments and commitments to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2015-1, Emergency Preparedness and Response at Pantex, where common to EA’s findings. EA performed this assessment at the request of the National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office to provide an independent assessment of CNS’s progress in completing the corrective actions.