The current mission at the Portsmouth Site is to effectively implement EM responsibilities, obligations and activities to accomplish environmental remediation actions in compliance with regulatory milestones and agreements; disposition legacy and newly generated waste; implement Cold Shutdown requirements; disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride cylinders; and perform Decontamination and Decommissioning.

Enforcement

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Preliminary Notice of Violation, Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC
Related to nuclear safety deficiencies occurring at Portsmouth Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion facility.
February 21, 2024
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Preliminary Notice of Violation, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth LLC
Related to deficiencies in the radiation protection program implementation at the Portsmouth Site.
January 13, 2021
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Preliminary Notice of Violation, BWXT Conversion Services, LLC
Worker Safety and Health Enforcement Preliminary Notice of Violation issued to BWXT Conversion Services, LLC for violations of 10 C.F.R. Part 851 relating to a potassium hydroxide injury event
July 13, 2016
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Consent Order, Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC - March 12, 2015
Worker Safety and Health Enforcement Consent Order issued to Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC for deficiencies in implementing asbestos management requirements at DOE’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
March 31, 2015
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Safety Oversight Reports

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Independent Assessment of Safety Culture Survey Methods and Interpretation for the Portsmouth and Paducah Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities - February 2023
Independent Assessment of Safety Culture Survey Methods and Interpretation for the Portsmouth and Paducah Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities
February 3, 2023
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Independent Assessment of Work Planning and Control for Deactivation and Demolition Work at the Portsmouth Site - March 2022
Independent Assessment of Work Planning and Control for Deactivation and Demolition Work at the Portsmouth Site - March 2022
April 1, 2022
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Independent Assessment of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program at the Portsmouth Site - November 2021
Independent Assessment of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program at the Portsmouth Site
November 9, 2021
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Assessment of Radioactive Waste Management at the Portsmouth Site – March 2020
Assessment of Radioactive Waste Management at the Portsmouth Site
April 1, 2020
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Security and Cybersecurity Oversight Reports

Independent Focused Assessment of the Material Control and Accountability Program at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, January 21, 2022

Office of Enterprise Assessments Review of the Material Control and Accountability Program at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, July 16, 2018

Office of Enterprise Assessments Review of the Material Control and Accountability Program at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, April 5-7, 2016

Results of the Limited-Scope Assessment of Protective Force Management and Capabilities at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, November 3-5, 2015

Independent Review of the Cyber Security Program at the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, December 2015

Independent Review of the Unclassified and Classified Cyber Security Programs at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, March 2015

Independent Oversight Review of Material Control and Accountability at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, August 2013

Independent Oversight Review of the Material Control and Accountability Program at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, April 2012

Security Review to Support the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Transition, June 2011

Independent Oversight Material Control and Accountability Site Assistance Visit at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, May 2011

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