January 2016

Review of the Transuranic Waste Facility Construction Quality at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environment, Safety and Health Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted an independent review of construction quality at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Transuranic Waste Facility (TWF) from March 2 to 5 and May 12 to 15, 2015.  This review was performed in the broader context of an ongoing program of assessments of construction quality at DOE major construction projects.  For the scope of this review, EA observed ongoing and completed work activities; reviewed drawings, specifications, and the quality control program for the TWF; examined implementation of selected requirements in the LANL quality assurance program; and reviewed the Federal oversight of TWF construction activities.  Los Alamos National Security, LLC, is the management and operations contractor for LANL, and J. B. Henderson Construction Company, Inc. is the general construction contractor for TWF.  Federal project management and oversight is provided by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Acquisition and Project Management (NA-APM); the NNSA Los Alamos Field Office provides support through the Federal Integrated Project Team and is the safety basis approval authority for the TWF project.