Assessment to Evaluate the Implementation of the Fire Protection Program the Savannah River Salt Waste Processing Facility
Office of Enterprise Assessments
August 29, 2019
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August 2019
Assessment to Evaluate the Implementation of the Fire Protection Program the Savannah River Salt Waste Processing Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted an assessment to evaluate the implementation of the Parsons Corporation fire protection program (FPP) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) Process Building 221-J. EA also assessed supporting elements of the SWPF FPP (Baseline Needs Assessment and Pre-incident Plans) that are established and maintained by the SRS Fire Department, operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, which provides emergency response to SWPF. Finally, the fire water infrastructure systems in S-Area, managed by Savannah River Remediation, LLC, and H-area, managed by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC that support the SWPF fire suppression systems were evaluated. The DOE Federal Project Director requested this assessment in order to aid the DOE Field Element in verifying that the Parsons SWPF FPP is adequate to support the upcoming radioactive processing operations. The onsite portions of this assessment were conducted from April 1 to 4 and from April 29 to May 2, 2019.