September 2019

Assessment of the Maintenance of Structures, Systems, Components, and Programmatic Equipment Providing Nuclear Safety

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments, assessed the maintenance of facility structures, systems, and components (SSCs) and programmatic (process) equipment providing nuclear safety (i.e., SSCs and programmatic equipment that are part of the safety bases for nuclear facilities) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The onsite portions of this assessment were conducted April 29 – May 3 and May 20-24, 2019.