Federal Operational Readiness Review Assessment at the Savannah River Site Salt Waste Processing Facility
Office of Enterprise Assessments
May 19, 2020
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May 2020
Federal Operational Readiness Review Assessment at the Savannah River Site Salt Waste Processing Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Federal (hereafter referred to as DOE) Operational Readiness Review (ORR) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF). The purpose of this assessment was to evaluate the performance of the DOE ORR (DORR) to confirm that SWPF, as operated by the facility contractor, Parsons Corporation (Parsons), can safely start nuclear operations. This assessment was conducted on February 3-13, 2020.