National Technology and Engineering Solutions has established adequate safety systems management programs at Sandia National Laboratories, but a new watchdog report questions whether those programs can ensure safe nuclear operations at the lab’s New Mexico research reactor. The Energy Department’s Office of Enterprise Assessments inspected the safety system management practices at Sandia’s New Mexico campus, which is managed for the National Nuclear Security Administration by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia (NTESS), in May and June. Inspectors focused on…
