[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Dear Mr. Chairman,
I am pleased to transmit to you training
materials committed to in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Implementation Plan
for Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2002-3, Requirements for the Design, Implementation,
and Maintenance of Administrative Controls.
Commitment 4.3 of the referenced Implementation
Plan is:
EH will develop
appropriate training materials for contractor personnel responsible for selecting,
developing, and implementing and maintaining critical administrative controls. In addition, EH will develop training
materials for DOE safety basis reviewers and DOE oversight personnel that will
describe methods for identifying the critical administrative controls, methods
of assuring their dependability and effectiveness, and how they should be
treated in TSRs [Technical Safety Requirements].
The training materials consist of six
modules. The first five modules are
common to both contractor and DOE personnel because the topics are the same for
both audiences. The sixth module focuses
on DOE review and oversight responsibilities. Taken together, these modules satisfy Implementation
Plan Deliverables 4.3.1 and 4.3.2.
It should be noted that these training
materials are based in part on the draft DOE Technical Standard,
DOE-STD-XXXX-03, Special Administrative
Controls, that is currently under DOE review and comment. If necessary, appropriate updates of these
training materials will be made after resolution of the comments and issuance
of the final Technical Standard.
The training modules are being supplied to
the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of Environmental
Management for their use in conducting the training that is responsive to Commitment
4.4 of the Implementation Plan.
Please contact me at 202-586-6151 if you
have questions.
Sincerely,
Beverly A. Cook
Assistant Secretary
Environment, Safety and Health