[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
The Honorable Linton Brooks
Administrator
National Nuclear Security Administration
Dear Ambassador Brooks:
On
A request for an extension should have been
delivered in time to act on it before the initial due date. In addition, the due date, after extending the
reporting requirement an additional 30 days, has now passed.
It is imperative that NNSA respond promptly
to safety-related issues. The Board’s
initial letter was prompted, in part, because WETF continues to operate months
after a study, forwarded to NNSA by LANL, identified that the lightning
protection system could not perform its credited safety function.
The Board does not agree to any extension of
the original commitment date and requests that the report be completed and
delivered as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
John T. Conway
Chairman
c: Mr.
Ralph E. Erickson
Mr. Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.