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Doe's Nuclear Weapons Complex DOE’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX: CHAL- LENGES TO SAFETY, SECURITY, AND TAXPAYER STEWARDSHIP HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 Serial No. 112–175 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 85–180 PDF WASHINGTON : 2013 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 09:44 Nov 04, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\PROGRA~1\WS_FTP\85180.TXT WAYNE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE FRED UPTON, Michigan Chairman JOE BARTON, Texas HENRY A. WAXMAN, California Chairman Emeritus Ranking Member CLIFF STEARNS, Florida JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky Chairman Emeritus JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York MARY BONO MACK, California FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey GREG WALDEN, Oregon BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois LEE TERRY, Nebraska ANNA G. ESHOO, California MIKE ROGERS, Michigan ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York SUE WILKINS MYRICK, North Carolina GENE GREEN, Texas Vice Chairman DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma LOIS CAPPS, California TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire MIKE ROSS, Arkansas PHIL GINGREY, Georgia JIM MATHESON, Utah STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio JOHN BARROW, Georgia CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington DORIS O. MATSUI, California GREGG HARPER, Mississippi DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey KATHY CASTOR, Florida BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky PETE OLSON, Texas DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia CORY GARDNER, Colorado MIKE POMPEO, Kansas ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS CLIFF STEARNS, Florida Chairman LEE TERRY, Nebraska DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado SUE WILKINS MYRICK, North Carolina Ranking Member JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania MIKE ROSS, Arkansas MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas KATHY CASTOR, Florida MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California GENE GREEN, Texas PHIL GINGREY, Georgia DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan CORY GARDNER, Colorado HENRY A. WAXMAN, California (ex officio) H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia JOE BARTON, Texas FRED UPTON, Michigan (ex officio) (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 09:44 Nov 04, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 5904 C:\PROGRA~1\WS_FTP\85180.TXT WAYNE CONTENTS Page Hon. Cliff Stearns, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, opening statement ................................................................................................ 1 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 4 Hon. Diana DeGette, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colo- rado, opening statement ...................................................................................... 6 Hon. Joe Barton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, opening statement ................................................................................................ 7 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 8 Hon. Lee Terry, a Representative in Congress from the State of Nebraska, opening statement ................................................................................................ 9 Hon. Marsha Blackburn, a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee, opening statement ............................................................................ 9 Hon. Henry A. Waxman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, opening statement ............................................................................. 10 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 12 Hon. Fred Upton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, prepared statement .............................................................................................. 89 WITNESSES Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy .......................... 14 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 17 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 90 Thomas P. D’Agostino, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Adminis- trator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy 1 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 115 Glenn S. Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety, and Security Officer, Department of Energy 1 Mark E. Gaffigan, Managing Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office ...................................................................... 25 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 27 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 129 Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General, Department of Energy ...................... 47 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 49 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 137 SUBMITTED MATERIAL Subcommittee exhibit binder .................................................................................. 139 1 Mr. D’Agostino and Mr. Podonsky did not present statements for the record. (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 09:44 Nov 04, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\PROGRA~1\WS_FTP\85180.TXT WAYNE VerDate Aug 31 2005 09:44 Nov 04, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\PROGRA~1\WS_FTP\85180.TXT WAYNE DOE’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX: CHAL- LENGES TO SAFETY, SECURITY, AND TAX- PAYER STEWARDSHIP WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:02 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Cliff Stearns (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Representatives Stearns, Terry, Burgess, Blackburn, Scalise, Gardner, Griffith, Barton, DeGette, Schakowsky, Castor, Markey, Green, Christensen, and Waxman (ex officio). Staff present: Nick Abraham, Legislative Clerk; Carl Anderson, Counsel, Oversight; Charlotte Baker, Press Secretary; Sean Bonyun, Communications Director; Matt Bravo, Professional Staff Member; Karen Christian, Deputy Chief Counsel, Oversight; Andy Duberstein, Deputy Press Secretary; Heidi King, Chief Economist; Krista Rosenthall, Counsel to Chairman Emeritus; Alan Slobodin, Deputy Chief Counsel, Oversight; Peter Spencer, Professional Staff Member, Oversight; Alvin Banks, Democratic Investigator; and Tif- fany Benjamin, Democratic Investigative Counsel. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CLIFF STEARNS, A REP- RESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA Mr. STEARNS. Good morning, everybody, and I welcome our wit- nesses to the Oversight and Investigation Committee. Today’s Sub- committee on Oversight and Investigation will review challenges to safety, security, and taxpayer stewardship in the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapon complex. DOE is responsible for securing and maintaining the most dan- gerous materials on the planet, including nuclear warheads. This is one area that must have effective oversight. This committee, principally through the work of this sub- committee, has a long history of bipartisan scrutiny of the Depart- ment of Energy’s oversight and management of the contractors that are charged with running DOE’s nuclear weapons programs and operations. And the lessons from our committee’s past investiga- tions and related GAO, Inspector General, DOE’s oversight reports should guide our bipartisan review of the current situation. (1) VerDate Aug 31 2005 09:44 Nov 04, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 C:\PROGRA~1\WS_FTP\85180.TXT WAYNE 2 My colleagues, chief among these lessons is that independent and effective oversight is simply essential and necessary. The safety and security risks involved in overseeing the Nation’s nuclear fa- cilities are enormous, and this committee must be vigilant about maintaining the exhaustive oversight that the committee has tradi- tionally had in this area. DOE, through its National Nuclear Security Administration or NNSA, manages programs that involve high-hazard nuclear facili- ties and materials, the most sensitive national security informa- tion, and complex construction and environmental cleanup oper- ations that pose substantial safety, public health, and environ- mental risks. Interestingly, all of these programs are carried
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