[DOE LETTERHEAD]
National
Nuclear Security Administration
March 21, 2006
MEMORANDUM FOR: MARK B. WHITAKER, JR
DIRECTOR,
DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
FROM: JAMES McCONNELL
CHIEF
OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR SAFETY, NNSA
SUBJECT: Transfer of NNSA
Lead for DOE Implementation Plan for Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Recommendation 2004-2, Active
Confinement Systems
The purpose of this memorandum
is to inform your office of a change in the NNSA lead for executing the
commitments and deliverables associated with DOE’s Implementation Plan for
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2004-2, Active
Confinement Systems. In part, the Office of Chief of
Defense Nuclear Safety was established to be provide
technical nuclear safety leadership on cross-cutting nuclear safety issues, and
this has been effectively accomplished as part of establishing the Safety Related
Ventilation System Evaluation Guidance (deliverable 8.5.4). The remaining deliverables focus on executing
that guidance, which generally falls under the purview of our line offices.
My office will continue to
provide assistance, as needed, as part of our overall operational awareness
responsibilities.
The overall technical lead NNSA
will be Xavier Ascanio.
cc: X. Ascanio
R.
Black
T.
D'Agostino