[DOE LETTERHEAD]

National Nuclear Security Administration

 

July 25, 2001

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, N.W.

Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

Thank you for your letter dated December 21, 1999, forwarding a staff issue report regarding the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Building 332 emergency power system, lightning protection system and Y2K program.� LLNL has made significant progress in addressing your concerns.� Although the Department has not responded formally until now, our staff at the Oakland Operations Office and LLNL have interacted periodically with your staff on issues raised in the report and have informally kept them informed about progress.� The enclosure contains the LLNL corrective action plan and a current status of the corrective actions.

 

Mr. Michael K. Hooper, Department of Energy Oakland Operations Office, Assistant Manager for National Security, is responsible for overseeing completion of the LLNL corrective actions.� Please feel free to contact Mr. Hooper, or have your staff contact Mr. Andy De La Paz (OAK/AMNS; 925-423-4339) if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

 

THOMAS F. GIOCONDA

Brigadier General, USAF

Acting Deputy Administrator

�� for Defense Programs

 

Enclosure

 

cc (w/encl):

M. Hooper, DOE-OAK

M. Whitaker, S-3.1

 

 

Note: The enclosure is available in [PDF].