August 2015

Reviews of Fire Protection Programs at Department of Energy Facilities

The Office Enterprise Assessments (EA) periodically performs targeted reviews of areas of specific interest.  EA recently completed a series of targeted reviews of fire protection programs at nuclear facilities, to ascertain the effectiveness of fire prevention and mitigation controls and evaluate the Department’s management of the risks associated with fires.  The attached report summarizes and analyzes the results of targeted reviews completed at twelve nuclear facilities at nine different Department of Energy (DOE) sites.