Table 10 Costs of Foreign Travel, IG-0397
Office of Inspector General regularly identifies what it considers to be the Department of Energy's most significant management challenges.
The Department of Energy has a long history of using beryllium – a metal essential for nuclear
operations and other processes. Exposure to beryllium can cause beryllium sensitization or even
Chronic Beryllium Disease, an often debilitating, and sometimes fatal, lung condition. In
December 1999, the Department established a Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program
(Prevention Program) to reduce the number of workers exposed to beryllium at Department
facilities, minimize the levels of, and potential for, exposure to beryllium, and to establish
medical surveillance requirements to ensure early detection of the disease.
operations and other processes. Exposure to beryllium can cause beryllium sensitization or even
Chronic Beryllium Disease, an often debilitating, and sometimes fatal, lung condition. In
December 1999, the Department established a Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program
(Prevention Program) to reduce the number of workers exposed to beryllium at Department
facilities, minimize the levels of, and potential for, exposure to beryllium, and to establish
medical surveillance requirements to ensure early detection of the disease.
In 2008, the Department of Energy's (Department) Office of Science (Science) issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement seeking applications from the scientific community for the establishment of Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs). The purpose of the EFRCs is to integrate the talent and expertise of leading scientists to accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs needed to create advanced energy technologies for the 21st century. The EFRCs are to pursue the fundamental understanding necessary to meet the global need for abundant, clean, and economical energy. The EFRC research areas include solar energy, electricity storage, materials sciences, biofuels, advanced nuclear systems, and carbon capture and sequestration.
This is to advise you of the results of an Office of Inspector General inspection 01
accountable classified removable electronic media (ACREM) at the National Nuclear
Security Administration's Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12).
Y-12 is responsible Cor ensuring the safety and reliability of the Nation's nuclear weapon
stockpile and handles and stores some of the Nation's most sensitive information. Y-12 is
managed and operated by Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y- 12, LLC, and the Y-12
Site Ocfice oversees this contract.
accountable classified removable electronic media (ACREM) at the National Nuclear
Security Administration's Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12).
Y-12 is responsible Cor ensuring the safety and reliability of the Nation's nuclear weapon
stockpile and handles and stores some of the Nation's most sensitive information. Y-12 is
managed and operated by Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y- 12, LLC, and the Y-12
Site Ocfice oversees this contract.