Nuclear Safety at the Department of Energy
James O’Brien Director Office of Nuclear Safety
U.S. Department of Energy Presentation Overview
• Types of Operations/Facilities
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Nuclear Safety Policies and Requirements
• Issues
• Current Activities
2 Types of Operations/Facilities
• Three basic types of nuclear operations: – Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Maintenance – Research – Environmental Cleanup
• Types of F ac ilities – Research reactors; – Weapons disassembly, maintenance, and testing facilities; – Nuclear material storage facilities; – Processing facilities; and – Waste disposal facilities.
3 DOE Site/Laboratory Locations
4 DOE Site/Laboratory Acronyms
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) Hanford Site Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Lawrence Livermore Na tiona l La bora tory (LLNL) Nevada Test Site (NTS) - Recently changed name to National Nuclear Security Site New Brunswick Laboratoryy( (NBL) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) Pantex Plant Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) Savannah River Site (SRS) Wast e I sol ati on Pil ot Pl ant (WIPP) West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Y-12 Electromagnetic Plant 5 Organizational Roles and Responsibilities
• Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security
• Program Offices/Site Offices
• Site/Laboratory contractors
• Office of Independent Enterprise Assessment
• External Oversight Organizations – Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board – General Accounting Office
6 Nuclear Safety Directives/Requirements
7 Nuclear Safety Directives/Requirements
Nuclear Safety Policy (DOE P 420.1)
Nuclear Safety Rule (10 CFR 830 .204)
Facility Safety Order (DOE O 420.1C)
Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) Standard (DOE-STD-3009)
8 Organizational Issues/Challenges
• Safety Culture
• Establishing Clear Requirements/Standards at Appppro priate Level of Detail That Provide A ppro priate Level of Safety Assurance
• Federal Safety Assurance/Oversight
• Resources
9 Recent Facility-Related Issues/Challenges
• Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
• Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Criticality Safety
• LANL Plutonium Facility Seismic Capabilities
10 Contact Information
• Office of Nuclear Safety (AU-30) – Jim O’Brien 301-903-1408 • Office of Nuclear Safety Basis & Facility Design (AU-31) – Garrett Smith 301-903-7440 • Office of Nuclear Facility Safety Programs (AU-32) – Mark Bl ac kburn 301-903-8396 • Office of Quality Assurance (AU-33) – [Director Position being filled] 301-903-3331 • Nuclear Safety Research and Development – Alan Levin 301-903-1315
June 2, 2014 A PEC Presentation 11