Enterprise Assessments Assessment of Savannah River Site Tritium Facility Safety System Management – December 2016

Assessment of the Safety System Management at the Savannah River Site Tritium Facility

Office of Enterprise Assessments

December 23, 2016
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December 2016

Assessment of the Safety System Management at the Savannah River Site Tritium Facility

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted a safety system management assessment of the tritium air monitoring systems and glovebox oxygen monitoring systems in the H-Area New Manufacturing Facility and the Tritium Extraction Facility within the Savannah River Site Tritium Facility.  An essential element of the National Nuclear Security Administration weapons program, the Tritium Facility is overseen by the National Nuclear Security Administration Savannah River Field Office and operated by sitewide contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS).