Follow-up Assessment of Progress on Actions Taken to Address Tank Vapor Concerns
Office of Enterprise Assessments
January 11, 2017
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January 2017
Follow-up Assessment of Progress on Actions Taken to Address Tank Vapor Concerns
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Worker Safety and Health Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), at the direction of the Secretary of Energy, conducted a follow-up assessment of progress on actions taken to address concerns about vapors in and around the Tank Farms at the Hanford Site. EA assessed the progress of actions taken at Hanford to address the recommendations from the Savannah River National Laboratory-led Tank Vapor Assessment Team (TVAT) report from October 2014. Specific focus areas for EA’s follow-up assessment were the technical solutions proposed to address vapor releases and worker exposures and the extent of workers’ and medical personnel’s engagement in developing and implementing the actions recommended by the TVAT.