Assessment of Work Planning and Control at the Portsmouth Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facility
Office of Enterprise Assessments
January 19, 2017
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January 2017
Assessment of Work Planning and Control at the Portsmouth Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), Office of Environment, Safety and Health Assessments conducted an independent assessment of selected elements of work planning and control, including some subcontracted work, at the Portsmouth Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facility. EA also examined the DOE Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Federal oversight activities at the Portsmouth DUF6 Conversion Facility, which is operated by BWXT Conversion Services (BWCS). The assessment included a scoping visit on September 19-22, 2016 and two onsite data collection visits on October 24-28 and November 14-18, 2016.