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Independent Assessment of the Nuclear Maintenance Management Program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - July 2026

Independent Assessment of the Nuclear Maintenance Management Program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - July 2026

Independent Assessment of the Nuclear Maintenance Management Program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Office of Enterprise Assessments

July 7, 2026
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July 2026,

Independent Assessment of the Nuclear Maintenance Management Program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) conducted an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the nuclear maintenance management program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL's sole high-hazard nuclear facility requiring implementation of a nuclear maintenance management program is the Building 325 Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (325RPL), a hazard category 2 nuclear facility. PNNL is managed and operated by Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) for the DOE Office of Science Pacific Northwest Site Office. The assessment was performed in January and February 2026.

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