Nuclear Materials Control & Accountability Internal Audit Program: The Contractor's Perspective

The Department of Energy Order (DOE) 5633.3, Control and Accountability for Nuclear Materials, includes several requirements for development and implementation of an internal audit program. Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., manages five sites in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio for the DOE Field Office, Oak Ridge and has a Central Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability (NMC&A) Manager with matrixed responsibility for the NMC&A program at the five sites. The Energy Systems Central NMC&A Manager has developed an NMC&A Internal Audit Handbook with defines the functional responsibilities, performance criteria, and reporting and documentation requirements for the Energy Systems NMC&A Internal Audit Program. The initial work to develop and implement these standards was tested at the K-25 Site when the site hired an internal auditor to meet the DOE requirements for an NMC&A Internal Audit program.