Tennessee Valley Authority

Due to the risk of employee exposure to toxic vapors, gases, dust, or oxygen deficiency, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) performed an evaluation of TVA’s Respiratory Protection Program at nonnuclear facilities. The objective of this evaluation was to...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted an audit to determine the effectiveness of endpoint protection on Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) desktops and laptops. We found several areas of TVA’s endpoint protection program to be generally effective; however, we identified two issues that...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Communications and Public Relations (C&PR) organization to identify factors that could impact C&PR’s organizational effectiveness. During the course of our evaluation, we identified behavioral and operational risks, some of which were...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) operates three nuclear plants capable of generating 7,800 megawatts of electricity. Groundwater contamination can result from routine nuclear plant activities such as wet storage of spent fuel, leaks from liquid waste pipelines and tanks, and leaks of...

The Office of the Inspector General audited TVA’s information technology (IT) equipment inventory to determine if TVA had controls and processes in place to maintain an accurate and complete inventory of IT equipment. Due to the inventory inaccuracies and control weaknesses, we did not test for...

The Office of the Inspector General identified several instances where time was not accurately reported in the Personnel Qualification and Scheduling program (that is used to track employees’ hours to avoid a violation of the Nuclear Fatigue Rule) and the time-reporting system. However, we were...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted an evaluation to determine (1) the effectiveness of the radiation protection program in limiting employee dosage and (2) if notifications were made when required. We determined the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) radiation protection program was...

As part of our annual audit plan, we performed an audit of Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) non-power dam control system cybersecurity. Our objective was to determine if the cybersecurity controls of TVA’s non-power dam control system were operating effectively.In summary, we found (1) no clear...

The Office of the Inspector General conducted a review of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Radiation Protection (BFN RP) organization to identify factors that could impact BFN RP’s organizational effectiveness. During the course of our evaluation, we identified behavioral and operational factors that...

In this semiannual period, our audit, evaluation, and investigative activities identified more than $9.3 million in questioned costs, funds put to better use, recoveries, waste, and opportunities for TVA to improve its programs and operations.