[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

National Nuclear Security Administration

 

August 1, 2005

 

The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004-2901

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

Commitment 4.6.2 of the Department’s implementation plan for Recommendation 2002-3 calls for implementation reviews of existing Specific Administrative Controls (SACs) and a report to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) by June 30, 2005.  The enclosed National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) correspondence of November 25, 2003, describes how these reviews were conducted and documented.

 

As described in the Department’s 2002-3 implementation plan, NNSA sites integrated these SAC reviews with the normal reviews of safety basis implementation and operational oversight.  NNSA sites reviewed all currently approved and implemented 10 CFR 830 Documented Safety Analyses (DSAs) except as noted below for Sandia National Laboratories and the Y-12 National Security Complex.  A single data sheet for each SAC or logical grouping of SACs documented the scheduled completion, the audit trail and results of the reviews.  The final data sheets with lessons learned by the sites were transmitted to you with our July 15, 2005, interim report.

 

Lessons Learned in these reviews are summarized in the enclosure and will be transmitted to NNSA sites for their use as appropriate.  The status of completion of these reviews and completion of corrective actions are summarized below.

 

• Los Alamos National Laboratory:  All reviews are complete.  Corrective actions will be made during the 2006 annual review cycle and in conjunction with the Operational Effectiveness Program.  Corrective actions will be complete by June 30, 2006.
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory:  All reviews are complete.  Corrective actions will be complete by September 30, 2006.
• Nevada Test Site:  All reviews are complete.  No corrective actions are pending.
• Pantex:  All reviews are complete for implemented DSAs.  Reviews for other DSAs will be completed as part of their implementation via the Integrated Implementation Plan.  No corrective actions are pending.
• Sandia National Laboratories:  Review of the Annular Core Research Reactor will be completed by August 31, 2005; SACs for the Gamma Irradiation Facility and On-Site Transportation will be incorporated into the normal implementation reviews of pending major revisions to their DSAs.  No corrective actions are pending.
• Savannah River Site/Tritium:  All reviews are complete.  No corrective actions are pending.
• Y-12 National Security Complex: Reviews for all facilities other than Building 9212 will be completed via Implementation Verification Reviews as part of the 2005 annual review cycle and will be completed by December 31, 2005.  Approval of the Building 9212 DSA is pending.  SAC implementation will be incorporated into the normal implementation reviews.

 

If you have any questions about this submission or about our path forward on this or other NNSA obligations under the implementation plan, please contact me or have your staff contact Jeff Underwood at 301-903-8303.

 

Sincerely,

 

Thomas P. D’Agostino

Acting Deputy Administrator

  for Defense Programs

 

Enclosures

 

cc w/ enclosure:

M. Whitaker, DR-1

J. McConnell, NA-2.1

E. Morrow, NA-3.6

 

w/o enclosures:

R. Black, EH-22

R. Englehart, EH-22

T. Wright, EM-3.2

Manager, Pantex Site Office

Manager, Y-12 Site Office

Manager, Savannah River Site Office

Manager, Los Alamos Site Office

Manager, Livermore Site Office

Manager, Sandia Site Office

Manager, Nevada Site Office