The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Safety and Security Enforcement Program conducts enforcement activities for Federal regulatory requirements pertaining to worker safety and health, nuclear safety, and classified and sensitive information security under authorities granted to the Secretary of Energy by the Atomic Energy Act. This includes the authority to levy civil penalties against DOE contractors and subcontractors that violate Departmental requirements in these areas. The enforcement program uses a variety of mechanisms, which are reflected on this web site, to communicate with DOE contractors about regulatory and compliance issues. These mechanisms include Notices of Violation, Consent Orders, Settlement Agreements, Compliance Orders, Special Report Orders, and Enforcement Letters.
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Related to a bulldozer track roller hand injury (finger amputation) event at the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project Site.
February 9, 2023
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Related to worker exposures to toxic gases and potentially an oxygen deficient atmosphere at the Nevada National Security Site.
December 23, 2022
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Related to an abrasive blasting injury event that occurred at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
December 19, 2022
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Related to an abrasive blasting injury event that occurred at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
December 19, 2022
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Related to five significant safety events that occurred at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
December 19, 2022
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Related to a nitrogen asphyxiation event at the Kansas City National Security Campus.
December 9, 2022
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Related to a hand injury (amputation) event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
November 14, 2022
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Related to a live fire near miss event at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
October 17, 2022
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Related to a heat transfer fluid expulsion event at Idaho National Laboratory.
August 29, 2022
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Related to workers' injury from an anhydrous acetic acid spill at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
July 21, 2022
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Related to a series of nuclear safety events at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
May 25, 2023
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Related to the unauthorized access to an area designated as a Very High Radiation Area (VHRA) at Argonne National Laboratory.
July 14, 2021
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Related to an employee’s dosimeter indicating a dose exceeding the limits specified in 10 C.F.R. § 835.202 at Pantex Plant.
July 14, 2021
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Related to an outer fuel element failure at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
April 13, 2021
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Related to deficiencies in the radiation protection program implementation at the Portsmouth Site.
January 13, 2021
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Related to deficiencies a drum overpressurization event at the Accelerated Retrieval Project (ARP) V facility (WMF-1617) at the Idaho Cleanup Project.
November 20, 2020
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Evaluation of two incidents involving inadequate implementation of nuclear criticality safety program elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
September 29, 2020
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Related to nuclear criticality control weaknesses at Y-12 National Security Complex.
April 15, 2020
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Related to the spread of radiological contamination outside of the established radiological boundary of the Plutonium Finishing Plant at Hanford.
April 1, 2019
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Related to the implementation of a software quality assurance program at DOE’s Hanford Site.
November 6, 2018
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Related to an investigation into the facts and circumstances associated with an incident of security concern regarding the introduction of unauthorized electronic equipment into security areas at Sandia National Laboratories.
December 23, 2022
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Related to an incident of security concern involving improper storage and protection of classified matter at Idaho National Laboratory.
November 8, 2022
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Related to security incidents involving improper storage, protection, and loss of control of visually classified items at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico (SNL-NM).
June 8, 2022
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Related to the introduction of classified information into unapproved information systems and potential unauthorized disclosure of classified information at DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
May 25, 2021
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Related to a security incident involving the unauthorized use of classified information systems and potential disclosure of classified information by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.
May 7, 2021
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Related to the Incidents of Security Concern program at the Savannah River Site.
August 22, 2019
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Related to the improper shipment and storage of classified archived records.
July 27, 2018
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Related to electronic testing equipment at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
May 23, 2018
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Related to a security event involving the unauthorized disclosure of classified information at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
August 18, 2017
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Security Enforcement Letter issued to Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC regarding the disposition of classified information at the Pantex Plant
December 2, 2016
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