[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: DOE Inspector General evaluates Kansas City Plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environment and Worker Safety Control Systems at the National Nuclear 
Security Administration's Kansas City Plant

U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Inspector General
Office of Audit Services
Audit Report DOE/IG-0839
September 2010

SUMMARY

The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's 
Kansas City Plant is located within the Bannister Federal Complex in 
Kansas City, Missouri, which also houses the General Services 
Administration and other agencies.  Current and former employees and 
families of former employees of the Bannister Complex have recently 
raised concerns about serious illnesses, in some cases leading to death, 
resulting from exposure to toxins at the Complex.  Due to the 
seriousness of the health issues that were raised, the Office of 
Inspector General initiated an audit to determine whether the Kansas 
City Plant had controls in place to protect the environment, and, the 
health and safety of its employees.

In summary, we found that the Department, at the time of our review, had 
established and implemented controls designed to provide reasonable 
assurance that the environment and workers at the Kansas City Plant were 
adequately protected.  Further, while we cannot provide absolute 
assurance, the results of our work indicated that the systems were 
working as intended.



For the entire report, see
http://www.ig.energy.gov/documents/IG-0839.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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