Open AccessTechnical safety appraisal of the Nevada Test Site
Publication year - 1990
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/137960
Subject(s) - certification , engineering , safety standards , scope (computer science) , conformity assessment , preparedness , operations management , occupational safety and health , engineering management , transport engineering , computer science , management , medicine , reliability engineering , pathology , economics , programming language
This report presents the results of one of a series of Technical Safety Appraisals (TSAs) being conducted of Department of Energy (DOE) operations (nuclear and non-nuclear) by the Assistant Secretary of Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H), Office of Safety Appraisals. These TSAs are one of the initiatives announced by the Secretary of Energy on September 18, 1985, to enhance the DOE`s environment, safety, and health program. This TSA report focuses on the safety and health operations of the Nevada Operations Office (NV) at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), which was conducted concurrently, with and supporting a Tiger Team Assessment. The total effort of all the Tiger Team assessment, including environmental and manager evaluations, is reported in the Tiger Team Report, issued January 1990. The assessment of the NTS began November 5, 1989 with the briefing of the Tiger Team in Las Vegas at the Nevada Operations Office. The TSA team evaluation was conducted November 6--17, and November 26--December 1, 1989 at the NTS