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More Safety Concerns Expressed Over Los Alamos
U.S. Energy Department auditors have urged the National Nuclear Security Administration to give “immediate attention” to a series of safety weaknesses at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported Tuesday (see GSN, Oct. 11). The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board issued a letter last week to NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino to highlight several concerns. “While it is arguable whether any of the individual system deficiencies identified by the staff constitute an immediate safety concern, their collective importance and widespread nature warrant immediate attention,” said board chairman A.J. Eggenberger in the letter. The board’s letter refers to a report the board issued following a July review of some laboratory sites. That report expressed particular concern over the operation of safety equipment in a plutonium facility and a tritium facility, the New Mexican reported. Officials have not made public the report’s precise safety complaints, citing security reasons, but one NNSA official said work has begun to address the concerns. “We will continue to work with the laboratory to ensure speedy action on these important safety initiatives,” said Donald Winchell, NNSA revitalization manager at the Los Alamos Site Office (Wendy Brown, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct. 23).
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