DOE has established a variety of work processes for its employees (including DOE federal, contractor, and subcontractor employees) to raise concerns so that they are assessed and appropriate actions are taken. Employees are to use these processes to resolve issues at the lowest possible level. In rare cases, an employee may decide that despite those efforts, there remains a concern about a technical issue with a potential for significant impact to the environment, safety or health.
If you have a concern involving a technical issue with a potential for significant impact to the environment, safety or health and you have tried unsuccessfully to ensure that it is adequately addressed through lower-level processes, please consider whether you should file a Differing Professional Opinion (DPO) through the DPO process discussed on this page and in DOE O 442.2 Chg 1 (PgChg), Differing Professional Opinions for Technical Issues Involving Environmental, Safety, and Health Technical Concerns. If you decide you should, please read the DPO process in the link below, complete the suggested form and the relevant information, and submit your concern to the appropriate DOE DPO Manager identified below.
Submit your DPO
- Use the DPO submittal form to file your DPO or
- Use the links below to submit your DPO to a DPO Manager.
TABLE OF ASSIGNED DPO MANAGERS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IF YOUR DPO INVOLVES: | SUBMIT YOUR DPO TO: | |||
| For the Office of the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security1 | Any facility | Ronnie Alderson | ronnie.alderson@nnsa.doe.gov (702-295-0177) | Ronnie Alderson Acting Deputy Director, Chief Defense Nuclear Safety (NA-21) National Nuclear Security Administration U.S. Department of Energy 232 Energy Way North Las Vegas, NV 89193 |
| For the Office of the Under Secretary for Science | Any Office of Science hazard category 1, 2 or 3 nuclear facility2 | Joanna Serra | joanna.serra@science.doe.gov (301-903-6136) | Joanna Serra Senior Nuclear Safety Advisor Office of Science (SC-4/GTN) U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 |
Any Office of Science facility other than a hazard category 1, 2 or 3 nuclear facility | Richard Verhaagen | richard.verhaagen@science.doe.gov (202-573-4016) | Richard Verhaagen Deputy Director for the Office of Safety and Security (SC-41) Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy 9800 S. Cass Avenue Lemont, IL 60439 | |
Any Office of Nuclear Energy facility | Robert Boston | bostonrd@id.doe.gov (208-526-7300) | Robert (Bob) Boston Manager, Idaho Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office 1955 Fremont Ave Idaho Falls, ID 83415-1203 | |
For the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
| Any Office of the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management nuclear facility | Brenda Hawks | brenda.hawks@em.doe.gov (865-805-0391) | Brenda L. Hawks Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Oversight/Chief of Nuclear Safety (EM-3.11) Office of Environmental Management U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 |
| For any other facilities not covered above or safety/health concerns not associated with a facility | Any other facility not covered above or safety/health concerns not associated with a facility | Garrett Smith | garrett.smith@hq.doe.gov (301-903-7440) | Andrew De La Paz Senior Technical Advisor Office of Nuclear Safety Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security (EHSS-30/GTN) U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 |
1National Nuclear Security Administration
2See Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 830, Nuclear Safety Management, for the definition of nuclear facility. See DOE-STD-1027-2018, Change Notice No. 1, Hazard Categorization of DOE Nuclear Facilities, for the definitions of Hazard Category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities.
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