Independent Assessment of Safety System Management at the Hanford Site Tank Farms
Office of Enterprise Assessments
December 22, 2023
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December 2023,
Independent Assessment of Safety System Management at the Hanford Site Tank Farms
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Engineering and Safety Basis Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted an independent assessment of safety system management (SSM) at the Hanford Site Tank Farms (TF) from August through October 2023. Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) manages the TF under the direction and oversight of the DOE Office of River Protection (ORP). This assessment was performed within the broader context of targeted SSM assessments at selected high risk (i.e., hazard category 1 and 2) nuclear facilities across the DOE complex. The purpose of the assessment was to evaluate whether selected active safety structures, systems, and components were appropriately developed as technical safety requirements and are operated and maintained in a manner to ensure that they can reliably perform their intended function of protecting workers and the public from analyzed hazards.