Audit Report: IG-0581

National Nuclear Security Administration's Nuclear Explosive Safety Study Program

Office of Inspector General

January 2, 2003

January 2, 2003

National Nuclear Security Administration's Nuclear Explosive Safety Study Program

To ensure the protection of the public, employees, facilities, and the environment from nuclear explosive accidents, Department of Energy (Department) policy specifies that a team of nuclear explosive safety experts must independently review nuclear explosive operations1 every five years. This review process is called a Nuclear Explosive Safety (NES) study. To conduct the NES study, experts rely on a variety of data including safety basis documentation. Various reports provide comprehensive evaluations of the potential hazards inherent to nuclear explosive operations, such as weapons being dropped, and processes developed to mitigate or eliminate these hazards.

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    To ensure the protection of the public, employees, facilities, and the
    environment from nuclear explosive accidents, Department of Energy
    (Department) policy specifies that a team of nuclear explosive safety
    experts must independently review nuclear explosive operations1 every
    five years. This review process is called a Nuclear Explosive Safety
    (NES) study. To conduct the NES study, experts rely on a variety of
    data including safety basis documentation. Various reports provide
    comprehensive evaluations of the potential hazards inherent to nuclear
    explosive operations, such as weapons being dropped, and processes
    developed to mitigate or eliminate these hazards.C1