Review of the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Hazards Analysis Report for the Low-Activity Waste Facility Reagent Systems
Office of Enterprise Assessments
August 4, 2015
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July 2015
Review of the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Hazards Analysis Report for the Low-Activity Waste Facility Reagent Systems
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) performs targeted oversight activities for select high-hazard nuclear facility design/construction projects. One of the targeted oversight activities is the DOE Office of River Protection Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, managed by Bechtel National, Inc. Currently, EA is evaluating the development of the documented safety analysis for the Low-Activity Waste facility. EA examined the development of the hazards analysis for the Ammonia Reagent and Carbon Dioxide systems because their operations pose significant hazards to co-located workers and adjacent nuclear facilities. EA observed the hazards analysis team’s activities associated with these systems and reviewed the Hazards Analysis Report for the Low-Activity Waste Facility, Volume 7, Ammonia Reagent System, Carbon Dioxide System, and Sodium Hydroxide System, which was approved in December 2014.