Enterprise Assessments Lessons Learned from Assessment of Engineering Process at U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities – August 2017

August 2017

Lessons Learned from Assessment of Engineering Process

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environment, Safety and Health Assessments, within the Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted assessments at selected DOE nuclear facilities between 2013 and 2016 that examined, in part, engineering aspects of contractor performance at DOE nuclear facilities.  The nuclear facilities were selected based on risk and included facilities under the direction of the Office of Nuclear Energy, the Office of Environmental Management, and the National Nuclear Security Administration.  The objective of each assessment was to determine whether the design, as implemented, was adequate to ensure that the safety system or facility could reliably perform its intended role in protecting workers, the public, and the environment from hazards arising from postulated events and natural phenomena.