Argonne National Laboratory | October 21, 2008 Aerial View
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Enforcement
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Nuclear safety deficiencies that occurred between 2019 and 2022 revealed multiple violations of DOE nuclear safety requirements by Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC at Portsmouth Paducah Project Office.January 20, 2026 -
Electrical Shock Event at the Brookhaven National LaboratoryJanuary 16, 2026 -
Unauthorized access of a high radiation area at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.December 19, 2025
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Thumb Amputation at Savannah River SiteNovember 21, 2025
Safety Oversight Reports
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Independent Assessment of Work Planning and Control at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Bayou Choctaw SiteFebruary 5, 2026 -
Independent Assessment of the Idaho National Laboratory Emergency Management 2025 Annual ExerciseJanuary 20, 2026 -
Independent Assessment of Training and Qualification Programs for Nuclear Facility Personnel at the Hanford SiteJanuary 20, 2026 -
Independent Assessment of the 2025 Full-scale Emergency Management Exercise at the Savannah River SiteJanuary 20, 2026
Security and Cybersecurity Oversight Reports
Independent Review of the Unclassified and Classified Cyber Security Programs at the Argonne National Laboratory, November 2014
Review of the Classified Cyber Security Programs at the Office of Science-Chicago Office and Argonne National Laboratory – June 2011
Independent Oversight Inspection of Classification and Information Control Programs at the Office of Science Chicago Office, Argonne Site Office, and Argonne National Laboratory, June 2009
Independent Oversight Inspection of Classification and Information Control Programs at the Chicago Office and Argonne National Laboratory, September 2006
Independent Oversight Safeguards and Security Inspection of the Chicago Operations Office and the Argonne National Laboratory-East, April 2003
Independent Oversight Safeguards and Security Inspection of the Chicago Operations Office and Argonne National Laboratory-West, December 10, 2002
Safeguards and Security Follow-up Inspection of the Argonne National Laboratory-West, June 19, 2001
Independent Safeguards and Security Inspection of the Argonne National Laboratory-West, June 23, 2000