Office
of Safeguards and Security Evaluations (OA-10)
OTS/AL
Comprehensive Inspection: Conducted a
pre-planning/coordination meeting at GTN, topic teams continue to coordinate
with site POCs and team members, the inspection plan was approved and
dispatched to the site, and topic teams have begun their review of requested
documents.
CMPC
Special Reviews: The Headquarters and
SNL-NM draft reports have been prepared for management’s review scheduled for
August 19th.
ANL-W
Comprehensive Inspection: Updated the
team resource list, developed the document request list and forwarded to CH and
ANL-W, continued work on hotel accommodations, and continued work on additional
administrative memoranda.
Several
of the workstations have been installed to aid in making the final
modifications to and testing of the operating system of the OA classified local
area network. Work by the system
engineer to review system architecture and develop system security and test
documentation will begin in the near future.
The
review of the final Pantex CAP continues.
Action
to modify the OA-10/Eagle Research-developed BATLE neutralization computer code
continues.
Office of Cyber Security and
Special Reviews (OA-20)
OA-20 is continuing
with AL/OTS planning, including:
-Review
of the document call
-PTA
sent to AL ISOM for signature
-Conference
call with AL personnel for scoping
OA-20 is reviewing
comments from the field on the status of the classified cyber security program
for GISRA.
OA-20 is continuing
to migrate the OA-20 portal to a permanent hardware platform.
OA-20 continues to
support OA-10’s Secure LAN development.
OA-20 is continuing
to work on the PSP project data/dictionary database.
Office
of Emergency Management Oversight (OA-30)
OA-30 and OA-50 continue to plan for
the combined review at the Nevada Test Site.
A planning visit is scheduled for August 27–28, 2002.
OA-30 is in the initial stages of planning for an evaluation of the Office of Transportation
Safeguards corrective action for emergency response to address the Judgment of
Need from the Accident Investigation Report dated June 1999 of the Special
Agent Fatality at Southeast Courier Section.
As part of the Type A investigation, OA-30 is specifically tasked to
perform an evaluation of the corrective action taken within 90 days of line
management verification.
OA-30 and OA-50
continue to plan for the combined review at Pantex. The scoping visit is planned for the week of August 26.
The on-site data collection phase of the OA-30 and OA-50
review at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant was completed August 9. The draft inspection report has been
prepared and submitted to the OA internal Quality Review Board. On-site validation of the draft report will
be conducted the week of August 19.
Office
of Environment, Safety and Health Evaluations (OA-50)
OA-50 staff will revise the report that analyzes independent
environmental protection program assessments that have been conducted at DOE
facilities over the past several years.
Discussion continues
between the Director of OA-50 and various site managers concerning the OA
inspection team augmentation program.
Discussions are underway with OAK management to utilize an OAK staff
member to supplement the Pantex inspection team.
Comments on the revised DOE Order 470.2B, “Independent Oversight and
Performance Assurance Program” were received from the FMC. Meetings are being scheduled with various
organizations to seek final resolution.
The
Corrective Action Plan (CAP) for the Hanford (PFR specific) safety management
inspection was due on May 28. EM had
previously rejected the CAP and requested that a revised CAP be submitted to EM
by June 27. The approved CAP has not
yet been received
A final corrective action
plan for the ANL-East safety and emergency management inspection has been
requested. The final corrective action
plan is due on August 27.
Safety
and emergency management inspection at LLNL -- Factual accuracy comments on the
draft report were reviewed and changes made to the report as appropriate. The team leader provided comments to the
site on the preliminary corrective action plan. The OA-50 Office Director briefed the Acting Administrator for
NNSA on the LLNL results. The final
report will be issued the week of August 19 and this briefing served as a
pre-publication briefing for NNSA.
Coordination of the
upcoming safety and emergency management inspection at NTS continues.
Validation and
closeout activities for the safety and emergency management inspection at WIPP
are scheduled for August 21.
OA has requested an overall schedule of
activities and copies of completed reports regarding the status of line actions
taken to address the DNFSB concerns on the effectiveness of ISM for BJC activities
at ORO. Many of the documents have been
recovered, but an overall schedule is yet to be provided. A follow-up meeting will be scheduled upon
receipt of all of the requested documents.
Coordination and exchange of management
systems strategies between OA and the Nuclear Safety Directorate in the United
Kingdom continue. Areas of mutual
benefit include inspections and review methodologies and exchanges, safety
performance indicators, measuring contractor performance, and training of and
exchange of inspectors. Senior OA
managers traveled to the UK on July 26 – August 3 to conduct exchange
activities that included tours and discussions at the Sellafield, UKAEA,
Burghfield and Aldermaston sites. The
current exchange activities are being conducted under the umbrella of the 1958
Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. Efforts are now under way to develop a more
formal technical exchange agreement between OA and the Nuclear Installation
Inspectorate (NII) in the areas of nuclear safety and security operations.
Office
of Safeguards and Security Evaluations (OA-10)
Members
of the OA-10 staff met with DOE IG personnel to discuss the IG’s ongoing review
of DOE protective forces.
Completed
the support mission for the NNSA site analysis at LANL.
MC&A
team leader briefed OA-10 management on a propose special review and the
inclusion of table top exercises during the ANL-W comprehensive inspection
(October 21-November 1).
Comments
on draft order 142.X, UVF&A have been approved and put into REVCOM.
Office of Cyber Security and
Special Reviews (OA-20)
OA-20 attended the
Hamre Commission recommendation status meeting.
OA-20 issued the
draft GISRA status report on the DOE classified cyber security program to the
field for comments.
OA-20 issued the
draft SecureNet report for comments.
Office
of Environment, Safety and Health Evaluations (OA-50)
AAAHC
re-accreditation and consultation reviews with Sandia New Mexico and Sandia
California have been scheduled for December 4‑6, 2002 respectively.