December 2019

Assessment of Radioactive Waste Management at the Savannah River Site Interim Report

This assessment is in response to the Deputy Secretary of Energy’s July 9, 2019, memorandum directing the Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) to undertake a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-wide assessment of the procedures and practices for packaging and shipping radioactive waste. The assessment activities focused on the performance of processes to characterize, package, and ship radioactive waste as implemented at the Savannah River Site (SRS) by the management and operating contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS); the liquid waste contractor, Savannah River Remediation, LLC; and the transuranic (TRU) waste characterization contractor, Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC.