[DOE LETTERHEAD]
December 29, 2005
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Ave. N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This letter transmits Exclusion
Reports consistent with Commitment 8.3 of the Department of Energy’s (DOE)
Implementation Plan for Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) 2004-2,
Active
Confinement Systems. Commitment
8.3 requires the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Office
of Environmental Management (EM) to develop a list of and justification for
defense nuclear facilities at their respective sites that will be excluded from
further review of confinement systems under the DNFSB 2004-2 Implementation
Plan.
The attached NNSA and EM
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 DNSB on October 31, 2005. The Exclusion Reports were prepared at the sites,
and were reviewed and approved by NNSA and EM line management and the Central
Technical Authorities.
DOE will continue to work with
your staff to effectively respond to the concerns raised in the recommendation
and complete the Implementation Plan. If
you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 903-0104.
Sincerely,
Richard Black
Director
Office of Nuclear and Facility
Safety Policy
cc: M. Whitaker, DR-1
R.
Lagdon, S-1
J.
McConnell, NA 2.1
D.
Chung, EM-3.2