Independent Assessment of the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for the Nevada National Security Site U1a Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments Project – September 2022
Office of Enterprise Assessments
September 8, 2022
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September 2022,
Independent Assessment of the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for the Nevada National Security Site U1a Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments Project – September 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) conducted an independent assessment of the preliminary documented safety analysis (PDSA) and safety evaluation report (SER) for the U1a Complex Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments (ECSE) Project at the Nevada National Security Site from October 2021 to May 2022. This assessment considered requirements for the ECSE Project safety design basis documents from DOE-STD-1189-2016, Integration of Safety into the Design Process, and DOE-STD-1104-2016, Review and Approval of Nuclear Facility Safety Basis and Safety Design Basis Documents.