February 18, 2016

Worker Safety and Health and Nuclear Safety Enforcement Preliminary Notice of Violation issued to Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC relating to an underground truck fire and a radiological release that occurred at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan

On February 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Enterprise Assessments’ Office of Enforcement issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation (WEA-2016-01) to Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC for violations of DOE’s worker safety and health and nuclear safety requirements associated with two events an underground fire involving a salt haul truck and a radiological release that occurred at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.