[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
June 2, 2008
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Dear Mr. Chairman:
On December 29, 2005, the Department of Energy (DOE) transmitted Exclusion Reports for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Environmental Management (EM) facilities in accordance with Commitment 8.3 of the Implementation Plan (IP) for Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Recommendation 2004-2, Active Confinement Systems. Commitment 8.3 required a list of, and justification for, defense nuclear facilities that will be excluded from further review of confinement systems under the IP. The Exclusion Reports were developed in accordance with the guidance and criteria contained in the deliverable for Commitment 8.2, Exclusion Reporting Process, which was submitted to the DNFSB on October 31, 2005. The Exclusion Reports for NNSA facilities were prepared at the sites and were reviewed and approved by NNSA line management and the Central Technical Authority (CTA).
On
August 7, 2006, NNSA provided to the DNFSB a list of 26 facilities that will
complete a Safety-Related Ventilation System Evaluation as deliverable 8.6.1 of
the IP. The NNSA has subsequently identified one additional facility (the
If you have any questions, please contact me or have your staff contact Rick Kendall at
(301) 903-3102.
Sincerely,
Robert
L. Smolen
Deputy Administrator
for Defense Programs
cc: W. Ostendorff, NA-2
J. Talbot, NA-17
M. Whitaker, HS-1.1
B. Burns, HS- 1.1
J. O'Brien, HS-22
D. Winchell, LASO
C. Yuan-Soo Hoo, LSO
T.
Sherry, YSO