[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Implementation Plan for Software Quality
Assurance (SQA) in response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB)
Recommendation 2002-l requires the Office of Environment, Safety and Health
(EH) to perform a gap analysis on the toolbox codes.�
Commitment 4.2.1.3 requires this analysis to
determine the actions needed to bring the codes into compliance with SQA
criteria and to estimate the resources needed to upgrade each code based on the
gap analysis results.
This commitment is partially completed. �Three of the six gap analyses with interim reports
are complete and are attached. �The
completed codes include MACCS2, ALOHA, and EPICODE. �Work on the remaining three toolbox codes
(MELCOR, GENII, and CFAST) is in progress. �Delays in establishing a contract mechanism to
obtain the proper expertise have extended the commitment delivery date for the
remaining three toolbox code gap analyses and final reports to January 2004. �This change in schedule should not affect
other SQA Implementation Plan commitments.
Please contact me at (202) 586-6151, or have
your staff contact Frank Russo at (301) 903-8008 if you have any questions
concerning this commitment.
Sincerely,
Beverly A. Cook
Assistant Secretary
Environment, Safety and Health
Attachments (3)
Note:�
Please Frank Russo at 301.903.8008 for a copy of the attachments.
cc: �Mark
B. Whitaker, DR-1
Frank B. Russo, EH-3
Chip Lagdon, EH-3 1