November 2015

Review of Engineering and Procurement Processes

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environment, Safety and Health Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted a review of engineering and procurement processes at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.  The purpose of this EA review effort was to evaluate the effectiveness of engineering processes and procurement processes used by the contractor, Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC (NWP).