November 2019

Assessment of Issues Management at the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

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 issues management at the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. The purpose of this assessment was to independently evaluate issues management processes and their implementation by Bechtel National, Incorporated (BNI) and Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC), the design and construction contractors, respectively. An EA team conducted the onsite portions of this assessment August 5-8 and September 16-19, 2019.