[DOE LETTERHEAD]
April 21, 2003
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I am writing in response to your letter
dated March 7, 2003 concerning readiness preparations and the readiness review
process at Hanford. We have reviewed
the observations noted in your letter and its attached Staff Issue Report
concerning our efforts to improve readiness review implementation. With regard to your specific observation on
the need for formal training, we have completed the Department’s readiness
review training at Headquarters, Hanford, and Idaho over the past six months. A total of 89 people successfully completed
the Team Member course and 37 people completed the Line Manager course. The Richland Operations Office actions that
address your observations have been discussed with your staff and are
summarized in the enclosed paper.
If you have any further questions, please
call me at (202) 586-7709.
Sincerely,
Jessie Hill Roberson
Assistant Secretary for
cc: Mark Whitaker, S-3.1
Paul M. Golan, EM-3
Keith A. Klein, RL