[DOE LETTERHEAD]
National
Nuclear Security Administration
November 3, 2006
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This letter is to provide you an update to my
February 14, 2006, letter regarding the status of Commitment 4.3.3 of the
Implementation Plan for Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation
2002-1, Quality Assurance for Safety Software at Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities. Commitment
4.3.3 required the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Site Offices to
review safety Software Quality Assurance directives and determine the actions
necessary to implement the requirements.
The Department of Energy (DOE) Order 414.1C, Quality
Assurance, has now been
added to the new contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). As mentioned in my letter of February 14,
2006, our other contracts already included this requirement, except for the contract
for the Kansas City Plant, which does not use any safety software. With the addition of this requirement in the LANL
contract, NNSA considers Commitment 4.3.3
to be complete.
With the completion of this commitment, we
consider all NNSA commitments in the Department's 2002-1 Implementation Plan to be complete. The requirements of DOE Order 414.1 C are being implemented
as part of the NNSA Roadmap for Quality Assurance Excellence.
Should you have any questions about this
matter, please contact Rabi Singh at (301) 903-5864.
Sincerely,
Thomas P. D'Agostino
Deputy Administrator
for Defense Programs
cc:
M. Whitaker, HS-1.1
L. Brooks, NA-1
T. Przybylek, NA-2