DOE/ORO/2327 Oak Ridge Reservation Annual Site Environmental ...

Annual Site Environmental Report
Fig. 4.6. East Tennessee TP3 Program Workshop was held at Y-12’s New Hope Center in
October 2009.
Y-12’s expertise in emergency management is recognized within the Nuclear Weapons Complex.
Y-12 Emergency Management Program Office (EMPO) staff performed an evaluation of the Savannah
River Site annual exercise April 26–30, 2009. EMPO staff also participated in the DOE Emergency
Management Issues Special Interest Group Conference held in San Francisco, California. Y-12 ERO
members made presentations, participated in steering committee meetings, and distributed Y-12
Emergency Management Program information to other DOE facility emergency management
professionals.
4.2.5 Checking
4.2.5.1 Monitoring and Measurement
Y-12 maintains procedures to monitor and measure key characteristics of its operations and activities
that can have a significant environmental impact and to monitor overall environmental performance.
Environmental effluent and surveillance monitoring programs are well established, and the results of the
2009 program activities are reported elsewhere in this document. Y-12 also maintains a process to
monitor progress in achieving Y-12’s environmental objectives and targets. The data are compiled in
graphical format where possible, reported to management, and posted on the internal EMS web site. A
monthly program review meeting with counterparts from the YSO includes discussions of these metrics
as well as compliance information.
In 2009, Y-12 piloted a new Versatile Electronic Records Management System for improved
indexing, retrieval, and long-term retention of electronic records and documents. The ECD implemented
this system to digitize and electronically store environmental records, which contributed to streamlining
the paper-based system and reducing the environmental impact of compliance activities.
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