[DOE LETTERHEAD]
National
Nuclear Security Administration
March 16, 2006
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 your 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. On August 1, 2005, the National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA) reported the completion of all reviews at NNSA
sites except the Sandia National Laboratories and the Y-12 National Security
Complex. The reviews at these two sites
are now complete. The compact disk
forwarded with the letter includes the complete data packages for all NNSA
sites and NNSA's
guidance to the sites concerning these reviews.
The Lessons Learned from these
reviews summarized from the data packages and forwarded with the earlier transmission
were not affected by the final reviews and are repeated with this transmittal
for completeness. Corrective actions
noted in the individual data sheets are complete except as noted below:
·
Los
Alamos National Laboratory (LANL): Changes
to SACs required to meet the requirements of DOE-STD-1186-2004 have been
incorporated into safety basis documents and have been implemented except for a
very small number that are pending approval of an associated safety basis document.
The SACs will be implemented as required
by 10 CFR Part 830 following document approvals. LANL is currently independently validating the
implementation of all Technical Safety Requirement level controls as a part of
the Operational Effectiveness program. This review is scheduled to complete by
September 30, 2006.
·
Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory: Corrective
actions are expected to be complete by June 30, 2008.
This transmittal completes all
NNSA commitments related to DNFSB Recommendation 2002-3. If you have any questions about this
submission or aspects of our actions on this recommendation, please contact me
or have your staff contact Jeff Underwood at (301) 903-8303.
Sincerely,
Thomas P.
D’Agostino
Deputy Administrator
for Defense Programs
cc w/enclosures:
M. Whitaker, DR-1
J. McConnell, NA-2.1
T. Wyka, NA-3.6