The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Safety and Security Enforcement Program conducts enforcement activities for Federal regulatory requirements pertaining to worker safety and health, nuclear safety, and classified and sensitive information security under authorities granted to the Secretary of Energy by the Atomic Energy Act. This includes the authority to levy civil penalties against DOE contractors and subcontractors that violate Departmental requirements in these areas. The enforcement program uses a variety of mechanisms, which are reflected on this web site, to communicate with DOE contractors about regulatory and compliance issues. These mechanisms include Notices of Violation, Consent Orders, Settlement Agreements, Compliance Orders, Special Report Orders, and Enforcement Letters.
Worker Safety and Health Documents
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Related to a finger amputation event at the Y-12 National Security Complex.November 5, 2024
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Related to two ground fall events at the Nevada National Security Sites.October 23, 2024
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Related to a serious fall injury at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.July 11, 2024
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Related to a serious fall injury at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.July 11, 2024
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Related to a worker hand injury (finger amputation) at the Sandia National Laboratories Weapons Evaluation Test Laboratory Pantex Plant.April 19, 2024
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Related to a hand injury (finger amputation) event at the Savannah River SiteApril 4, 2024
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Related to uncontrolled exposure to potentially dangerous levels of carbon monoxide at the Idaho Cleanup Project.February 2, 2024
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Related to a high-voltage electrical shock injury event at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.January 11, 2024
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Related to a hand injury (finger amputation) event at the Y-12 National Security Complex.January 8, 2024
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Related to a worker heat exhaustion event at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.December 22, 2023
Nuclear Safety Documents
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Related to the absence of documented criticality controls to prevent a criticality accident at Y 12 National Security Complex.July 5, 2024
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Related to nuclear safety deficiencies occurring at Portsmouth Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion facility.February 21, 2024
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Related to an unplanned radiation exposure to a worker at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.February 12, 2024
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Related to a radioactive material release from a glovebox system at the Plutonium Facility (PF-4) at Los Alamos National Laboratory.October 19, 2023
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Related to unplanned radiation doses while performing work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.June 30, 2023
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Related to a series of nuclear safety events at Los Alamos National Laboratory.May 25, 2023
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Related to the unauthorized access to an area designated as a Very High Radiation Area (VHRA) at Argonne National Laboratory.July 14, 2021
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Related to an employee’s dosimeter indicating a dose exceeding the limits specified in 10 C.F.R. § 835.202 at Pantex Plant.July 14, 2021
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Related to an outer fuel element failure at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.April 13, 2021
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Related to deficiencies in the radiation protection program implementation at the Portsmouth Site.January 13, 2021
Security Enforcement Documents
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Related to the introduction of an unauthorized Bluetooth-enabled electronic device into a Limited Area at Sandia National Laboratories located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.November 27, 2024
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Related to recurring incidents of security concern involving the introduction of unauthorized controlled articles into security areas at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico.October 5, 2024
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Related to the introduction of unclassified systems, with prohibited technologies, into security areas at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico.October 31, 2023
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Related to the compromise of classified combinations at the Y-12 National Security Complex.October 17, 2023
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Related to an investigation into the facts and circumstances associated with an incident of security concern regarding the introduction of unauthorized electronic equipment into security areas at Sandia National Laboratories.December 23, 2022
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Related to an incident of security concern involving improper storage and protection of classified matter at Idaho National Laboratory.November 8, 2022
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Related to security incidents involving improper storage, protection, and loss of control of visually classified items at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico (SNL-NM).June 8, 2022
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Related to the introduction of classified information into unapproved information systems and potential unauthorized disclosure of classified information at DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)May 25, 2021
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Related to a security incident involving the unauthorized use of classified information systems and potential disclosure of classified information by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.May 7, 2021
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Related to the Incidents of Security Concern program at the Savannah River Site.August 22, 2019