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Pantex

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• Related Multi-Site Recomendations:  95-2, 93-6, 93-3, 93-1
• DNFSB Site Representatives Weekly Activities Reports

• October 2, 2001, Board letter establishing a 30-day reporting requirement providing details on the procedural compliance problem at the Pantex Plant and the corrective actions DOE proposes to resolve this.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• September 25, 2001, Board letter responding to Department letter dated September 14, 2001 regarding Justification for Continued Operations for W88 activities at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• September 14, 2001, Department letter regarding issues raised in Board/TECH-24, Safe Handling of Insensitive High Explosive Weapon Subassemblies at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] 
• September 14, 2001, Department letter responding to Board letter dated June 28, 2001 regarding Justification for Continued Operations (JCO) of W88 Assembly, Disassembly, and Inspection.  [HTM] 
• August 17, 2001, Department letter regarding a new anticipated delivery date to develop a replacement schedule for the Pantex Plant Fire Alarm System.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• July 20, 2001, Board letter enclosing a staff issue report on review of Approved Container Program at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] 
• June 28, 2001, Board letter establishing two reporting requirements, (1) a 30-day reporting requirement documenting a technically defensible analysis of the scenarios discussed in the Justification for Continued Operations (JCO) of W88 Assembly, Disassembly, and Inspection in Building 12-85, and (2) 60-day reporting requirement that outlines corrective measures relative to NNSA guidelines for the use and application of weapon response data.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• June 22, 2001, Board letter enclosing a staff issue report on the implementation of lightning protection controls at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• June 21, 2001, Board letter enclosing a staff issue report on the safety basis documentation to restart W78 Disassembly and Inspection operations at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] 
• June 21, 2001, Board letter enclosing a staff issue report on Pantex Fire Protection Basis for Interim Operation.  [HTM] 
• April 20, 2001, Department letter regarding the Board's concerns about the fire response of certain Canned Subassemblies (CSAs) at Pantex.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• March 11, 2001, Department letter responding to Board letter dated February 27, 2001 regarding Seamless Safety for the 21st Century (SS-21) for the W76 and W88 nuclear explosive operations at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• February 27, 2001, Board letter enclosing 2 staff issue reports on reauthorization of W88 assembly and disassembly and inspection, and implementation of seamless safety for W76 disassembly and inspection operations.  [HTM] 
• February 15, 2001, Department letter responding to Board letter dated May 2, 2000 on the evaluation of systemic deficiencies in the fire hazards analyses and controls at Pantex.  [HTM] 
• January 30, 2001, Board letter enclosing a staff issue report on the proposed changes to lightning controls for W87 Stockpile Life Extension Program.  [HTM] 
• January 29, 2001, Department letter responding to the Board's letter dated October 23, 2000 on concerns involving lightning controls at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 

• November 17, 2000, Department letter responding to Board letter dated March 29, 2000 regarding the staff issue report on fire protection program at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] 
• October 23, 2000, Board letter establishing a 30-day reporting requirement outlining the path forward and schedule for addressing the issues in the enclosed staff report on the implementation of the Lightning Basis for Interim Operation.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• September 25, 2000, Department letter forwarding Revision 1 to Implementation Plan 98-2, Safety Management at the Pantex Plant.  [DOC] [HTM] [PDF] 
• August 29, 2000, Board letter forwarding a staff issue report on a follow-up technical exchange relative to Board/TECH-24, Safe Handling of Insensitive High Explosive Weapon Subassemblies at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] 
• July 20, 2000, Board letter accepting the Department's proposal to delay the report and briefing on the fire hazards associated with the W76 Program at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• July 13, 2000, Board announcing the assignment of Mr. William I. White to succeed Timothy J. Dwyer as one of the two Board Site Representatives at the Pantex Plant effective July 31, 2000.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• July 7, 2000, Department letter regarding the safety issue associated with Canned Sub-Assemblies (CSA).  [HTM] 
• July 3, 2000, Department letter responding to Board letter dated March 29, 2000 on fire protection program at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] 
• May 2, 2000, Board letter establishing a 60-day reporting requirement for evaluating the systemic deficiencies in fire hazard analyses and controls at Pantex. The Board also requests a briefing within 4 weeks.  [HTM] 
• April 25, 2000, Department letter responding to Board letter dated December 6, 1999 on Tech 24, Safe Handling of Insensitive High Explosive Weapon Subassemblies at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 
• April 21, 2000, Board letter responding to questions posed by the Serious Texans Against Nuclear Dumping (STAND), in their letter dated February 9, 2000, regarding the Board's activities at and the safe operation of Pantex Plant.  [HTM] 
• March 29, 2000, Board letter forwarding a staff issue report on the fire protection program at the Pantex Plant.  [HTM] 
• January 13, 2000, Board letter forwarding a revised staff issue report on the In-Progress Review of the W79 Dismantlement Program.  [HTM] [WPD] [PDF] 

• December 16, 1999, Department letter forwarding revisions on the operations requirements project plan for the W76 and W88 Disassembly and Inspection in response to Board letter dated November 22, 1999. [HTML] [WP] [PDF]
• November 22, 1999, Board letter forwarding increasing concern on two problems that threaten the schedule for stockpile stewardship that affects the operations at the Pantex Plant and the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge. [HTML] [WP] [PDF]
• August 10, 1999, Board letter forwarding a staff issue report summarizing recent observations made during an in-progress review of the W79 Dismantlement Program at the Pantex Plant. [HTML] [WP] [PDF]
• May 18, 1999, Board letter forwarding a staff issue report on observations of readiness reviews at the Pantex Plant. [HTML] [WP] [PDF]
• April 13, 1999, Department letter forwarding the project plans for W62 and W88 at Pantex. [HTML] [WP] [PDF]
• March 25, 1999, Board letter forwarding a staff issue report regarding lightning protection for nuclear explosives areas at Pantex. [HTML] [WP] [PDF]
• March 12, 1999, DNFSB letter forwarding a staff issue report on the Integrated Pit Storage Program Plan and establishing a 30-day reporting requirement detailing actions taken to address its' letter dated December 31, 1997. [HTML]
• March 12, 1999, DNFSB letter forwarding three (3) staff issue reports regarding certain elements of the integrated safety process at Pantex per the 98-2 recommendation. [HTML]
• January 15, 1999, Board letter forwarding a staff issue report on readiness review programs at Pantex Plant. [HTML] [WP] [PDF]

• November 30, 1998, Board letter forwarding three (3) staff issue report documenting observations during a recent series of reviews at the Pantex Plant. [HTML]
• August 26, 1998, Board letter forwarding a staff issue report on the operational readiness review for Pantex Building 12-116. [HTML]
  
• June 25, 1998, Board letter forwarding the observations concerning the expanded W-69 dismantlement operations in Building 12-64 at Pantex. [HTML]
  

• September 16, 1997, Board letter forwarding a review of Milestone I for the W78 Seamless Safety-21 (SS-21) Project, at the Pantex Plant dated August 29, 1997 [HTML]. (trip conducted on August 13 and 27, 1997.) [HTML]
• September 5, 1997, Board letter forwarding a trip report of W79 Dismantlement Program Single Internal Readiness Review, dated July 30, 1997.[HTML] (trip conducted June 17-20, 1997.) [HTML]
• August 12, 1997, Board Trip Report on AT400A Pit Repackaging Startup at Pantex Plant. (trip conducted on July 21-25, 1997.) [HTML] [PDF]
• August 08, 1997 Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Review W69 Dismantlement Hazard Analysis Report, dated April 18, 1997. [HTML] (trip conducted February 3-12, 1997.) [HTML]
• April 11, 1997, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Review of Diesel Generators and Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems, dated June 3, 1996. [HTML] (trip conducted on May 16, 1996.) [HTML]
• April 11, 1997 Board trip report on Review Installation for Suspect/Counterfeit Parts in Electrical Systems, dated May 23, 1996. [HTML] (trip conducted May 13, 1996, through May 15, 1996.) [HTML]
• February 19, 1997, Board letter forwarding a trip report on Electrical Testers Used in Nuclear Explosive Operations at Pantex, dated January 6, 1997.[HTML] (trip conducted December 5-6, 1996.) [HTML]
• February 19, 1997, Board letter forwarding a trip report on Safety Analysis Reports, dated December 3, 1996. [HTML] (trip conducted October 24 and 25 and November 12 to 15, 1996.) [HTML]
• February 19, 1997, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Status of New Special Nuclear Material (SNM) Component Staging Facility (12-116), dated December 2, 1996. [HTML] (trip conducted on October 30, 1996.) [HTML]

• July 24, 1996, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Review of the Unreviewed Safety Question Program at the Pantex Plant, dated May 29, 1996. [HTML] (trip conducted on April 30 - May 2, 1996.) [HTML]
• June 4, 1996, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Review of Unreviewed Safety Questions to Increase Nuclear Weapon Staging in Zone 12 (PX-USQD-95-39-A). [HTML] (trip conducted January 29, 1996.) [HTML]
• May 10, 1996, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Review of SNM Component Staging Facility (12-116), dated February 26, 1996. [HTML] (trip conducted January 30 to February 2, 1996.) [HTML]
• April 19, 1996, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Revalidation for the Nuclear Explosive Safety Studies of B61-3/4/10 Operations at the Department of Energy Pantex Plant, dated March 27, 1996. [HTML] (trip conducted March 12-15, 1996) [HTML]
• April 19, 1996, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Revalidation for the Nuclear Explosive Safety Studies of W76 Operations at the Department of Energy Pantex Plant, dated March 5, 1996. [HTML] (trip conducted January 30 to February 1, 1996) [HTML]
• February 22, 1996, Board letter forwarding a trip report on Shipping Weapons from Pantex to Department of Defense Facilities to Remove Reservoirs. [HTML] (trip conducted November 17, 1995.) [HTML]

• September 27, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Status of Recommendation 93-1 Implementation Plan Action Item Five, dated July 6, 1995. [HTML] (trip conducted May 24-26, 1995) [HTML]
• September 27, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Conduct of Operations and Training and Qualification Program Review, dated May 23, 1995. [HTML] (trip conducted April 19-21, 1995) [HTML]
• September 27, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Safety Review, dated May 2, 1995.  [HTML] (trip conducted March 28-30, 1995) [HTML]
• August 14, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the AT400A Pit Storage and Shipping Container Design and Repackaging.(trip conducted June 9, 1995.) [HTML]
• July 5, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Pantex Site - W55 Case Cutting Incident, dated October 6, 1994. (trip conducted September 12-14, 1994) [HTML]
• July 5, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Emergency Preparedness Exercise, PXCOM-94, dated September 23, 1994 (trip conducted August 24, 1994) [HTML]
• July 5, 1995, Status of Order Compliance, dated August 23, 1994 (trip conducted May 24-25, 1994) [HTML]
• July 5, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Ventilation Systems, dated June 30, 1994. (trip conducted June 6-9, 1994) [HTML]
• July 5, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Use of Radiation Generating Devices, dated January 7, 1994 (trip conducted November 29 to December 1, 1993) [HTML]
• June 22, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Design and Safety Review of the Special Nuclear Material Component Staging Facility (Building 12-116) and the Weapons Special Purpose Bay Replacement Complex (Building 12-104A), dated May 11, 1995.[HTML] (trip conducted April 10 - 13, 1995) [HTML]
• May 2, 1995, Board staff trip report on the Pantex Plant Safety Review. [HTML]
• February 22, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the Radiological Protection Review, dated November 1, 1994. (trip conducted June 6-10, 1994, and October 12-13, 1994).  [HTML]
• February 3, 1995, Board staff independent review of the Nuclear Explosive Safety Study. [PDF]
• January 31, 1995, Board letter forwarding a trip report on the review of the QE process for the Pantex Plant dated December 9, 1994.  (trip conducted on September 13-16, September 27-30, October 25-26, November 15-16, November 29, 1994) [PDF]

• November 4, 1994 Board letter forwarding a Report on Trip to Pantex - Building 12-84 and 12-44, [HTML] (trip conducted August 23, 1994.) [HTML]
• November 4, 1994 Board staff trip report on Suspect Parts - Pantex Site. [HTML] (trip conducted August 23, 1994) [HTML]
• August 3, 1994, Board staff trip report on National Laboratory Support for Pantex. [PDF]
• June 28, 1994, Board letter regarding the analyses used to determine the probability of an aircraft crash into the Pantex Zone 4 storage magazines. [PDF]
• April 29, 1994, Board letter regarding plan for addressing issues that led to the maintenance mode and assess efforts to resume operations at Zone 12 at Pantex. [PDF]
• April 29, 1994, Board letter reviewing the Department's Operational Readiness Review on the increased storage of pits in Zone 4 at Pantex. [PDF]
• March 3, 1994, Board letter forwarding staff trip report on operational readiness review at Pantex.  [PDF]
• January 4, 1994, Board staff trip report on W48 Dimethyl Sulfoxide Dissolution Process NESS at the Pantex Site (trip conducted on November 30-December 3, 1993). [PDF]
• January 3, 1994, Department memorandum forwarding interim report on evaluating conduct of operations at Pantex. [PDF]

• December 17, 1993, Board staff trip report on Pantex Site - Emergency Preparedness Exercise Review. [HTML]
• December 8, 1993, Board letter regarding staff trip report to Nevada Test Site and Pantex Plant. [PDF]
• November 1993, Board staff's observations on the Implementation of Conduct of Operations at Pantex. [PDF]
• November 19, 1993, Board staff trip report on configuration management and maintenance at Pantex.  [PDF]
• November 16, 1993, Board staff trip report on safety analysis issues at Pantex.   [PDF]
• October 10, 1993, Board letter forwarding comments from a review and analysis of DP-West Facility at LANL, Rocky Flats Plants, and Zone 4 at the Pantex Plant. [HTML]
• September 23, 1993, Board letter submitting comments on a review of Amarillo and M&H. [PDF]
• July 16, 1993, Board letter commenting on closure findings of QED at Pantex, December 1992 and February 1993. [PDF]
• February 22, 1993, Board staff's trip report on quality assurance at Pantex. [PDF]
• July 6, 1993, Board's review of Amarillo and M&H, March 9-11 and June 14-16. [PDF]
• June 24, 1993, Board's review of Quality Assurance at Pantex. [PDF]
• June 15, 1993, Board's review on status of administrative Order compliance and the self-assessment process at AL. June 1-14, 1992 [PDF]
• January 21, 1993, Board letter forwarding staff trip report at Pantex (trip conducted January 5-8, 1993). [PDF]

• December 23, 1992, Board letter forwarding staff trip report to Pantex (trip conducted December 15-17, 1992). [PDF]
• September 11, 1992, Board letter transmitting staff trip report on criticality safety at Pantex (trip conducted August 11-14, 1992). [HTML]
• July 30, 1992, Board letter transmitting staff trip report at Pantex (trip conducted July 7-9, 1992).  [PDF]
• June 19, 1992, Board staff trip report at Pantex (conducted March 10-13, 1992).  [HTML]
• May 26, 1992, Board letter forwarding a trip report on Observations Concerning the Operator Training and Qualification, Conduct of Operations, and Procedure Development, dated May 7, 1992. [HTML] (trip conducted April 27-30.) [HTML]