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                  - About Us
                  - Documents
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                  - EEO

                - About Us                   - Mission
                  - Strategic Goals
                  - Our History
                  - Board Members
                  - Resident Inspectors
                  - Agreements with the Department of Energy
                  - Plans, Budgets and Performance
                - Documents                   - Letters & Correspondence
                  - Reports
                  - Outside Organization Briefs Presented to the Board
                - Board Activities & Recommendations                   - Recommendations
                  - Board Calendar
                  - Board Notational Votes
                  - Board Member Testimonies, Speeches, and Other Public Statements
                - Public Hearings & Meetings
                - DOE Sites
                - Careers                   - Job Openings
                  - Areas of Expertise
                  - Benefits & Pay
                  - Policies and Practices on Hiring
                - Topics                   - Topics Search
                - EEO                   - Complaint, Policy & Processing 
                  - Affirmative Employment
                  - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Home > About the DNFSB > Our Mission

# Our Mission

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## Our Mission

The mission of the Board shall be to provide independent analysis, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy to inform the Secretary, in the role of the Secretary as operator and regulator of the defense nuclear facilities of the Department of Energy, in providing adequate protection of public health and safety at such defense nuclear facilities, including with respect to the health and safety of employees and contractors at such facilities.

The Board is composed of five respected experts in the field of nuclear safety with demonstrated competence and knowledge relevant to its independent investigative and oversight functions. The Congress established the Board in September 1988 in response to growing concerns about the level of health and safety protection that DOE was providing the public and workers at defense nuclear facilities. In so doing, Congress sought to provide the general public with added assurance that DOE’s defense nuclear facilities are being safely designed, constructed, operated, and decommissioned.

                      -  Atomic Energy Act (in relevant part).pdf 

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