Highlights for June 27 - July 1, 2005

Office of Safeguards and Security Evaluations (OA-10)

Office of Secure Transportation (OST) Safeguards and Security Comprehensive Inspection and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Service Center Special Review: Preparations continued for the inspection and special review.

Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) Safeguards and Security Special Review: Development of the inspection plan with lines of inquiry and inspection methodology continued. A special review of selected aspects of safeguards and security to include the protection afforded classified parts shipped from DOE sites to WIPP located in Carlsbad, NM, is scheduled to be conducted.

Nevada Test Site (NTS) Safeguards and Security Comprehensive Inspection: Topic teams continued their review of documents in preparation for this inspection.

Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) Safeguards and Security Comprehensive Inspection: Site comments on the draft report are due to OA next week (July 5). Technical editing of the draft report continued. An interim corrective action plan (CAP) will be due to OA 30 days after the release of the final report. This inspection was part of a combined OA-10 and OA-20 inspection.

Sandia National Laboratories-New Mexico (SNL-NM) Safeguards and Security Comprehensive Inspection Corrective Action Plan (CAP): An interim CAP was received and was found to adequately address identified issues. A response was provided for OA management's approval.

Reciprocal Agreement to Share Classified Information with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC): The Department of State's legal council advised that the DOE legal council should review the Bilateral Agreement between the United States and the CNSC. The State Department considers the agreement to be adequate to allow representatives of CNSC to observe a DOE sponsored force-on-force exercise. The agreement outlines the parameters for the sharing of classified nuclear security threat and vulnerability information between the two countries.

Safeguards and Security Lessons-Learned Report: Development of the final draft report continued. The final draft is scheduled to be completed by the end of next week (July 8). The report is based on safeguard and security inspection results from 2002 to 2005, and will be distributed to National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and Energy, Science, and Environment (ESE) security managers.

Composite Adversary Team (CAT) Training: The two-week training was completed this week. Feedback from the training is being analyzed and will be used to assist in preparations for the next CAT training scheduled for December. The location for the December training has not been determined. CAT training is part of a continuing effort intended to enhance CAT tactical capabilities and weapons familiarity.

Streamlined Safeguards and Security (S&S) Directives Quality Review Boards (QRB): OA has completed the review of the final streamlined order and manuals.

Office of Cyber Security Evaluations (OA-20)

Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) Classified Cyber Security Inspection: Comments on the final draft report are due from Y-12 next week (July 5). This was part of a combined inspection with OA 10.

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Cyber Security Inspection Corrective Action Plan (CAP): An interim CAP is due from SNL this week. This inspection was part of a combined OA-10, OA-20, and OA-30 inspection.

South-Eastern Power Administration (SEPA) Cyber Security Inspection Corrective Action Plan (CAP): A final CAP is expected from the site in mid-July.

Department of Energy Architecture Repository (DEAR) Software Application Special Review Corrective Action Plan (CAP): Development of comments to the interim CAP received from the OCIO continued this week. A security review of the DEAR software application managed by the OCIO was performed in response to concerns raised by the National Treasury Employee Union (NTEU).

Office of Emergency Management Oversight (OA-30)

Pantex Site Emergency Management Inspection: Planning was initiated in support of the inspection to be conducted.

National Response Assets Inspection Planning: Preparations continued to observe a national response exercise at a Department of Defense (DoD) facility. A coordination meeting is scheduled for next week (July 6) with the Office of Emergency Operations (NA-40). An inspection plan is under development in coordination with NA 40 in support of the Radiological Assistance Program inspection to be conducted in CY 2006.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Emergency Management Inspection: Onsite validation and closeout activities were conducted this week (June 27 30). Written comments to the draft final report are expected from the site by mid-July.

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Emergency Management Inspection Corrective Action Plan (CAP): A request from the Sandia Site Office (SSO) for an extension to the interim CAP submission was approved. An interim CAP from the SSO is now expected on July 19. This inspection was part of a combined OA-10, OA-20, and OA-30 inspection.

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Exercise Support: Continued to support the COOP Exercise Director, Jonathan Kiell, in the development of an after-action report by working on control cell comments that were due this week.

Office of Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) Evaluations (OA-40)

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) ES&H Inspection: Onsite scoping, planning, and data collection activities are scheduled.

Y-12 National Security Complex ES&H Inspection: Onsite planning and data collection activities are scheduled.

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) ES&H Inspection: Onsite validation and closeout activities were conducted this week (June 28-30).

Worker Vapor Exposure and Occupational Medicine Allegations at the Hanford Site Follow-Up: Site management is scheduled to provide factual accuracy comments to OA next week (July 8).

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) ES&H Inspection: The final report was approved for publication this week.from ANL have been received and are under review. A briefing to discuss inspection findings was provided to Environment, Safety, and Health last week (May 31).

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Environment, Safety, and Health Management Inspection: The final report was distributed this week. A draft corrective action plan is expected form the site in late August.

Pantex Plant (Pantex) ES&H Inspection Corrective Action Plan (CAP): Development of comments to and discussions with the site regarding the CAP received from Pantex continued this week.

ES&H Lessons Learned Reports: Development of the Unreviewed Safety Question Process lessons learned report continued. Six additional focus areas are being evaluated as part of the ES&H inspections being conducted during CY 2005.

Draft Oversight Order 226.1: All departmental organizations who had comments during the RevCom process have now concurred on the draft Order. In addition, comments have been received from DNFSB staff on the draft Order. Comment resolution was provided to DNFSB staff this week (June 28) following discussions with DNFSB staff.

Executive Summit on Subcontractor Safety: The Director, OA-40, attended the Executive Summit on Subcontractor Safety sponsored by the Office of Environment, Safety and Health (EH) and the Energy Facility Contractors Operators Group (EFCOG) in Atlanta, Georgia, this week on (June 29).