Weekly Highlights for October 28 – November 1, 2002

 

Activities Underway

 

Office of Safeguards and Security Evaluations (OA-10)

 

Hand-Carry Cards:  “Authorization to Hand-Carry Classified Matter” cards have been updated and are in the process of being issued to designees.

 

Composite Adversary Team:  Solicitation of new and replacement Composite Adversary Team members is underway for Y-12, INEEL, SRS, LLNL, and LANL.  

 

Training:  Training on the handling of classified information has been developed by OA for its staff to facilitate meeting a DOE HQs requirement to have such training every two years.  A formal HQs training package has not yet been developed.

 

ANL-W CMPC Special Review:  The report writing and review phases of the ANL-W special review are scheduled for November 4-8, 2002, following the completion of data collection.

 

LANL Inspection: Work continues on the development of the LANL Inspection Plan and plan for force-on-force performance testing, in preparation for the LANL inspection. 

 

Office of Cyber Security Evaluations (OA-20)

 

Support to the Office of Energy Assurance:  OA-20 is providing support to DOE’s Office of Energy Assurance (OEA) by conducting an assessment of cyber security vulnerabilities associated with critical infrastructure assets.  This effort is intended to support the transfer cyber security assessment processes to OEA in support the Department’s efforts to protect critical energy infrastructure assets throughout the United States.  External testing and onsite assessment activities have been completed.  A draft report is being prepared.

 

Cyber Security Evaluation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:  OA-20 conducted an initial coordination conference call with representatives from the Albuquerque Operations Office and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in preparation for an upcoming assessment at the laboratory.

 

Cyber Security Evaluation of the Chicago Operations Office:  Testing and inspections activities have been completed for the evaluation of cyber security at the Chicago Operations Office.  Discussions were held this week with site personnel to review the technical accuracy of the preliminary report.  A final draft report has been prepared and will be transmitted to the Chicago Operations Office for review. 

 

Perimeter Scanning Project:  OA-20 personnel have initiated a special study (Perimeter Scanning Project) to map and identify vulnerabilities in DOE computer networks exposed to potential attack from the Internet.  The Project Plan has been approved and was distributed to headquarters and field organizations.

 

Unannounced Testing/Red Teaming:  OA-20 personnel continue to refine a concept paper on establishing an unannounced cyber security performance testing capability within the Office.

 

Office of Emergency Management Oversight (OA-30)

 

The combined OA-30 and OA-50 Pantex Inspection data collection phase will be conducted from October 28 to November 8.  Onsite validation and closeout is scheduled for the week of November 18.

 

OA-30 and OA-50 are in the initial stages of planning for an inspection of the Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico.  The scoping visit was completed and the final plan is being developed.

 

OA-30 has notified the Office of Transportation Safeguards of an emergency management program inspection to be conducted in 2003.  Planning has begun and a scoping visit has been scheduled.

 

The Director of Administration, ME-40, has requested to meet with OA-30 to review progress made in response to the Review of the Headquarters Facilities Emergency Response Plans, March 2002.  A meeting has been tentatively scheduled for November 6.

 

An OA-30 staff member will be presenting technical papers at the American Nuclear Society’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Conference in Washington, D.C. the week of

November 17.

 

OA-30 has expressed concerns with, and offered options to address, the evolving definition of roles and responsibilities between the Office of Security (SO) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for the management of the HQ Emergency Operations Center and the management of the HQ Emergency Management Team.  OA noted that the revised version of DOE Order 151.1B, currently in REVCOM for comments, does not adequately define the SO and NNSA responsibilities and interfaces for these functions.  OA-30 will be providing formal comments on the revisions proposed in DOE Order 151.1B.

 

OA-30 has coordinated with NNSA and the Office of Kansas City Site Operations to monitor the defining of the Kansas City Plant emergency management requirements through application of DOE 450.3-1, The Department of Energy Closure Process for Necessary and Sufficient Sets of Standards. 

 

Office of Environment, Safety and Health Evaluations (OA-50)

 

OA-50 has submitted to MA-1, a series of observations to support the FY 2002 Department of Energy Annual Performance Plan for Review.  The observations from selected OA reviews provided detailed information from SC, EM, and NNSA inspections as well as general information from all FY 2002 reviews.

 

EM 1 approved the Corrective Action Plan (CAP) for the Hanford (PFP specific) safety management inspection on October 8, 2002.  A copy has been provided and review is ongoing.

 

A final corrective action plan for the safety and emergency management inspection at LLNL has been requested. 

 

A corrective action plan for the Nevada Test Site (NTS) inspection has been requested.  The site had no comments on the report.

 

Onsite inspection activities for the Pantex safety and emergency management inspection were initiated on October 28, 2002.

 

Coordination of the upcoming safety and emergency management inspection at the Sandia National Laboratory continues.

 

Discussions with Y-12 Site Office management regarding the scoping visit for the safety management inspection are ongoing.

 

Activities Completed

 

Office of Safeguards and Security Evaluations (OA-10)

 

ANL-W Inspection: A closeout briefing on November 1, 2002, concluded the data collection and performance testing of the ANL-W inspection.

 

AL and OTS Inspection:  The final reports for the Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance inspection of the Albuquerque Operations Office and Office of Transportation Safeguards have been issued.

 

Office of Emergency Management Oversight (OA-30)

 

The Nevada Operations Office indicated there are no comments on the final draft report of the Inspection of Environment, Safety, and Health Management and Emergency Management at the Nevada Test Site, October 2002.  The final report will now be prepared for distribution.  The interim corrective action plan is scheduled for review by November 15.

 

Office of Environment, Safety and Health Evaluations (OA-50)

 

The OA-50 Director and staff met with several members of the DNFSB Staff to discuss OA observations and findings over the past several inspections related to Unreviewed Safety Questions, Documented Safety Analyses, and implementation of 10CFR830.  The questions of the Board Staff centered on implementation of the USQ process across the DOE complex, adequacy of DOE requirements, and technical competence of DOE personnel responsible for approving the Documented Safety Analyses.  While much of the Board’s review to date has focused on document reviews (USQ Procedures and guidance), in contrast to the OA approach of performance reviews, the Board’s observations are consistent with what OA-50 has identified.

 

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