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Book Worker Safety at DOE Nuclear Sites

Download or read book Worker Safety at DOE Nuclear Sites written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Safety of DOE Nuclear Facilities

Download or read book Safety of DOE Nuclear Facilities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Safety Oversight for Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities

Download or read book Safety Oversight for Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Worker Safety at DOE Nuclear Facilities

Download or read book Worker Safety at DOE Nuclear Facilities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plans  Progress  and Experience to Date of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Download or read book Plans Progress and Experience to Date of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oversight Hearings on Health and Safety of Workers at Department of Energy Owned Nuclear Facilities Operated by Private Contractors

Download or read book Oversight Hearings on Health and Safety of Workers at Department of Energy Owned Nuclear Facilities Operated by Private Contractors written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Health and Safety and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nuclear Security

Download or read book Nuclear Security written by Gene Aloise and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 9/11 terrorist attacks raised concerns about the security of Dept. of Energy¿s (DoE) sites with weapons-grade nuclear material, known as Category I Special Nuclear Material (SNM). To better protect these sites against attacks, DoE has sought to transform its protective forces protecting SNM into a Tactical Response Force (TRF) with training and capabilities similar to the military. This review was conducted of protective forces at DoE sites that possess Category I SNM. This report: (1) analyzed info. on the management and compensation of protective forces; (2) examined the implementation of TRF; and (3) assessed DoE¿s two options to more uniformly manage DoE protective forces. Charts and tables.

Book Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Download or read book Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important work reviews the history of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). The DNFSB an independent oversight organization within the executive branch, was created by Congress in 1988 to provide advice and recommendations to the secretary of energy regarding public health and safety at the defense nuclear facilities managed by the Department of Energy. This study captures how the Board met the competing national security, health and safety, environmental, government, and public demands placed upon DOE's defense nuclear facilities, explicating the principles and techniques the Board employed to efficiently function as a federal agency and effectively fulfill the Board's unique mandate under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. While it chronicles events, the study also serves as the tutorial for those charged with the future administration of the Board's enabling legislation, making available to the current and future leadership the philosophical and jurisprudential underpinnings of the form of governance captured in the Board's enabling legislation and the resolution of changing and sometimes opposing national requirements. The first chapter discusses the handling of safety issues in the defense nuclear complex prior to the creation of the Board. The chapter also examines historical circumstances that produced pressures to move toward more external regulation, including major accidents involving nuclear technology (especially Chernobyl), the waning of the nuclear arms race, and the lifting of the secrecy about the safety risks and environmental damage. The second chapter reviews the debates in Congress that led up to the legislative compromise that created the Board as an expert body that would act as an independent adviser to the secretary of energy, rather than as a regulator. The third chapter describes the development of the Board's manner of proceeding when it conducted oversight, in particular, how it interacted with the Department of Energy, congressional oversight committees, and the public, and how it wielded the tools that Congress granted it to exert authority that was effectively action-forcing. The fourth chapter examines important recommendations on nuclear safety, both site-specific and complex-wide, that the Board issued to the secretary of energy, and how their follow-up was handled. The fifth chapter discusses the shift of emphasis in the Board's activities that occurred with the end of the nuclear arms race and weapons production in 1992, mainly, the shift to greater emphasis on the stabilization and safe storage of surplus nuclear materials, as well as the safe execution of weapons dismantlement. The sixth chapter focuses on the Board's advocacy of Integrated Safety Management to support longer-term, more comprehensive safety planning in the weapons complex, and the reexamination by policymakers and the Board of whether current oversight arrangements sufficed to ensure safety. In addition, the chapter examines the Board's increased technical oversight activities of design and construction projects throughout the DOE defense nuclear complex. CHAPTER 1 - NUCLEAR SAFETY REGULATION BEFORE THE BOARD'S CREATION * NUCLEAR POLICIES, GOVERNANCE, AND MAJOR U.S. NUCLEAR LEGISLATION UP TO THE ABOLITION OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION * The Manhattan Project, Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and Atomic Energy Commission * The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 * Divergent Safety Regimes in the Nuclear Power Industry and the Weapons Program * NUCLEAR DOUBTS AND THE ENERGY CRISIS * The Breakup of the AEC * The Birth of the Department of Energy in the Era of Energy Crises * THE THREE MILE ISLAND SHAKEUP: AFTERMATH * CHERNOBYL BRINGS HOME THE NEED FOR SAFETY REFORMS AND STEPPED-UP OVERSIGHT IN DOE'S NUCLEAR OPERATIONS * DOE's Internal Reforms Prior to Chernobyl

Book Safeguards at DOE s Nuclear Weapons Facilities

Download or read book Safeguards at DOE s Nuclear Weapons Facilities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Nuclear Security Administration

Download or read book National Nuclear Security Administration written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Protective Forces at the Department of Energy

Download or read book The Protective Forces at the Department of Energy written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States Government Accountability Office
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-10-05
  • ISBN : 9781977954152
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress established DNFSB in 1988 to provide independent analysis and recommendations to the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety at defense nuclear facilities. DNFSB consists of a five-member Board, which currently has two vacancies, and about 103 technical, legal, and administrative staff. DNFSB's fiscal year 2013 budget was $26.8 million. Until fiscal year 2012, DNFSB was not required to have an IG and did not have routine independent oversight by any other federal entity. GAO was asked to review the operations and oversight of DNFSB. This report examines the extent to which DNFSB had (1) policies and procedures governing the activities of the Board and technical staff; (2) assessed its internal controls; (3) meeting and voting practices that are transparent to the public; and (4) taken steps to obtain IG oversight and the results of those steps. GAO reviewed relevant federal laws, regulations, and guidance; analyzed DNFSB documents, including records of internal control assessments; interviewed officials from DNFSB, NRC-OIG, and DOE; and gathered information from 14 other federal agency IGs.

Book Nuclear Security  DoE Needs to Fully Address Issues Affecting Protective Forces  Personnel Systems

Download or read book Nuclear Security DoE Needs to Fully Address Issues Affecting Protective Forces Personnel Systems written by Gene Aloise and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The 9/11 terrorist attacks raised concerns about the security of Dept. of Energy (DoE) sites with weapons-grade nuclear material, known as Category I special nuclear material (SNM). To better protect these sites against attacks, DoE has sought to transform its protective forces protecting SNM into a Tactical Response Force (TRF) with training and capabilities similar to the U.S. military. A prior report: (1) analyzed information on the management, organization, staffing, training, and compensation of protective forces at DoE sites with Category I SNM; (2) examined the implementation of TRF; (3) assessed DoE's two options to more uniformly manage protective forces; and (4) reported on DoE's progress in addressing protective force issues.