[DOE LETTERHEAD]
NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
May 8, 2003
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, N. W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed for your information is a schedule
of planned On-Site Reviews of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Field Element Performance to be conducted during 2003. These reviews will verify the effectiveness
of action taken to address
previously identified quality assurance issues. The schedule provided is in response to the commitment 1.2.1 made
by NNSA in the Department’s Quality Assurance Improvement Plan for Defense
Nuclear Facilities transmitted to you by Secretary of Energy letter dated
November 22, 2002. Your staff will be
kept informed as the dates for these reviews are established. Four onsite reviews were conducted during
2002 and included an evaluation of the quality assurance functional area for
the Sandia Site Office (then KAO), Savannah River Site Office, (then NNSA SRO),
Y-12 Site Office (then YAO), and Kansas City Site Office (then KCP). These reports were previously provided to
your staff.
If you have any questions regarding the
attached, please feel free to contact me at 202-586-8395, or have your staff
contact Mr. Xavier Ascanio at 301-903-3757.
Sincerely,
James J. Mangeno, Senior Advisor
for Environment, Safety and Health
cc w/ enclosure
M. Whitaker, DR-1
L. Brooks, NA-1
NNSA Field Element Performance Review
Schedule
Year/Quarter |
NNSA Schedule |
CY02/Q1 |
KAO (SNL) |
CY02/Q2 |
SRT
(SR-Tritium) |
CY02/Q3 |
YAO (Y-12) |
CY02/Q4 |
KCO (KCP) |
CY03/Q3 |
LASO
(LANL) |
CY03/Q3 |
LSO (LLNL) |
CY03/Q3 |
PSO
(Pantex) |
CY03/Q4 |
NSO (NTS) |