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CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING 

2009


APRIL
  • April 30,  2009, Department letter transmitting the Salt Waste Processing Facility Summary Structural Engineering Report to the Board Staff. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 28,  2009, Department letter transmitting the CMRR Certification Plan. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 22,  2009, Departmental letter transmitting the report summarizing the results of comprehensive oversight reviews of the implementation of the Operating Experience Program (OEP) in the National Nuclear Security Administration. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 22,  2009, Department letter transmitting the CMRR Preliminary Safety Validation Report in support of CMRR Board certification. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 21,  2009, Department letter responding to Board staff letters dated March 4, 2009 and March 30, 2009, regarding CMRR Board Certification. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 21,  2009, Department letter responding to Board staff letter dated March 16, 2009, regarding CMRR Board Certification. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 21,  2009, Board letter establishing a 60-day reporting requirement for providing a report on actions to be taken to complete the deliverables and remediate deviations from the guidance developed in accordance with the 2004-2 Implementation Plan. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 7,  2009, Department letter transmitting the Summary Structural Reports for the WTP HLW Vitrification Building and Pretreatment facility to the Board staff. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 7,  2009, Board letter establishing a 45-day reporting requirement regarding immediate actions/compensatory measures taken, and a 60-day reporting requirement for plan of action for improving the safety posture of HS-Pu Storage at LANL. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • April 2,  2009, Department letter transmitting the Y-12 Continued Safe Operating Oversight Team Annual Report (Y/TIS-345)[HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

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MARCH
  • March 31,  2009, Board letter requesting within 90 days revised Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2001-1, High Level Waste Management in Savannah River Site[HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 30,  2009, Board staff letter providing findings regarding CMMR SDDs do not incorporate PDSA requirements adequately. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 24,  2009, Board letter forwarding its 19th Annual Report to Congress. [PDF]
  • March 24,  2009, Department letter summarizing actions being taken to resolve open SWPF project issues. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 23,  2009, Board letter establishing a 90-day reporting requirement regarding actions to be taken to address work planning and controls deficiencies at the Idaho Cleanup Project. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 23,  2009, Board letter to the newly appointed Secretary summarizing the Board's views on the state of nuclear safety at the DOE Defense Nuclear Facilities. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 19,  2009, Department letter forwarding the Federal Technical Capability Program Corrective Action Plan to the Board. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 18,  2009, Board letter transmitting Board staff concerns regarding the integration of safety into the design of the TRU Waste Facility at LANL. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 18,  2009, Board letter forwarding comments on review of maintenance at Savannah River High Level Waste (HLW) Tank Farms. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 16,  2009, Board staff letter providing findings regarding CMRR Inadequate identificaton of safety-related controls, functional requirements and performance criteria. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 11,  2009, Department letter responding to two Board staff letters dated January 16,2009 regarding CMMR Board Certification. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 10,  2009, Department letter providing an initial response to the Board's request for the plans for implementing the LANL fire and emergency response Baseline Needs Assessment. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 5,  2009, Department letter providing a report detailing the disposition of NESS, NCE and OSR findings from 2003 through 2008. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 5,  2009, Board letter identifying several concerns regarding the processing of Tank 48 contents at SRS. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • March 4,  2009, Board staff letter identifying concerns regarding documenting and maintaining Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis safety-related functions and requirements related to CMRR Board certification.  [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

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FEBRUARY
  • February 26,  2009, National Nuclear Security Administration memo regarding the recognition of HSPD-12 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Credentials. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • February 23,  2009, Departmental letter transmitting the DOE Annual Report on Nuclear Criticality Safety for calendar year 2008. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • February 17,  2009, Board letter transmitting a copy of the Board's seventh Quarterly Report to Congress. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • February 10,  2009, Board letter identifying several design concerns that must be resolved prior to construction completion and operations of Salt Waste Processing Facility. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • February 6,  2009, Board letter forwarding staff report addressing open design issues for the Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility at LANL. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • February 6,  2009, Board letter establishing a 90-day reporting requirement regarding the H-Canyon safety related electrical distribution system. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

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JANUARY
  • January 23,  2009, Department letter reporting closure of electrical safety issues at the Plutonium Finishing Plant and Hanford tank farms. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • January 23,  2009, Board letter establishing a 90-day reporting requirement regarding nuclear criticality safety evaluation concerns at Y-12. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • January 22,  2009, Board letter providing the results of the staff review of ISM Work Planning and control processes at Y-12 [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • January 16,  2009, Board staff letter identifying seismic design concerns related to CMRR Board certification. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • January 16,  2009, Board staff letter identifying active confinement ventilation system seismic design concern related to CMRR Board certification. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • January 13,  2009, Board letter establishing a reporting requirement regarding items to be addressed in a supplement to the July 23, 2008, criticality safety report. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • January 13,  2009, Board letter establishing a 90-day reporting requirement for submitting several deliverables associated with the ventilation system review and upgrading of the LANL Plutonium Facility. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • January 12,  2009, Board letter regarding the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's review of the final design documents for the Waste Solidification Building (WSB), to be constructed at the Savannah River Site. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
  • January 8,  2009, Board letter regarding a three-step strategy for resolving safety issues related to fire protection coating on structural steel used in the construction of the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP). [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

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