Review of Radioactive Waste Management at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Office of Enterprise Assessments
December 23, 2015
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December 2015
Review of Radioactive Waste Management at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), Office of Environment, Safety and Health Assessments, conducted an independent review of the Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC (FBP) radioactive waste management program at the deactivated Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) in Piketon, Ohio. This was the first in a series of planned assessments of radioactive waste management at selected nuclear facilities within the DOE complex. The purpose of this review was to evaluate selected key elements of the radioactive waste management program and provide information to the site and responsible DOE line management organizations for improving the program’s effectiveness. EA performed the onsite portions of this targeted review from May 4 to 7 and May 18 to 22, 2015.