[DOE LETTERHEAD]
National
Nuclear Security Administration
March 9, 2005
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana
Avenue, N. W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Livermore Site Office (LSO)
and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) continue to make progress
in addressing your letter dated November 3, 2004. Your letter requested that: 1) NNSA assess the Configuration Management
(CM) of the program as it now exists for vital safety systems (VSS) at LLNL’s
defense nuclear facilities; and 2) provide a resource-loaded schedule for
implementing a CM program for VSS at LLNL’s defense nuclear facilities.
In the NNSA January 5, 2005,
interim response to your letter, we committed to providing a full response
following LSO’s completion of its assessments and LLNL’s identification of all
necessary corrective actions. The
resource-loaded schedule is not expected to be finalized until after the
completion of comprehensive VSS assessments. Enclosed is a LSO status report which includes
a set of milestones and targets to complete this work.
If you have any questions,
please have your staff contact Mike Thompson of my staff at 301-903-5648.
Sincerely,
Everet H. Beckner
Deputy Administrator
for Defense Programs
cc: M. Whitaker, DR-1
Camille
Yuan-Soo Hoo, LSO Manager
Sarah
Spagnolo, LSO