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B-183920 1 (1976-06-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagsi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 Energy and 1iaerals Division Oq gn I q11 iiII i 111 I LM098158 B-183920 JUN 4 1976 The Honorable Robert C. Seamans, Jr. BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE Administrator, Energy Research and Development Administration Dear Dr. Seamans: During our review of the safeguards and security of the Energy Research and Development Administration's (ERDA) Rocky Flats Plutonium Facility, being conducted at the reouest of K Congressman Timothy E. Wirth (Colorado), we have noted a situ- ation that warrants your immediate attention. In the recent past ERDA has required its contractors pro- posing to build facilities for handling special nuclear materials (SNM)--enriched uranium and plutonium--to make and document in a Safety Analysis Report (SAR) an overall analysis of how the proposed facility will protect the health and safety of the public. Generally, the analysis includes a safety evaluation of, among other things, (1) site characteristics, (2) plant design, (3) possible accidents, (4) natural phenomena associated with the reaion in which the facility will be built, and (5) the operating limits of the proposed facility. The analysis is submitted to ERDA for review. It is used by ERDA to insure that the propcsed facility is designed, constructed, and operated in a safe manner and that environmental protection and health and safety matters are comprehensively addressed with all risks identified and reduced to an acceptably low level. EDA does not, however, require its contractors to make current analyses and predare SARs for existing facilities handling SNM to determine whether all safety risks have been identified and reduced to an acceptably low level. ERDA officials told us that several of its field offices have requested its contractors to perform such analyses and prepare written reports. Such analyses are at the discretion of the individual field office and consequently, their scope and detail BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE

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