[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

December 22, 2003

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW.

Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

The purpose of this letter is to report completion of commitment 4.4.4 in the Implementation Plan (IP) for the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB) Recommendation 98-2, "Accelerating Safety Management Improvements at the Pantex Plant."

 

The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nevada Site Office (NSO) 452-Series Orders are officially in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory contract. The Nuclear Explosive Safety (NES) IP for the Device Assembly Facility (DAF) was approved by NSO, on November 13, 2003. The plan details the scope, cost, and schedule to implement DOE 452-Series Orders requirements for the DAF operations and a schedule for updating the DAF NES Master Study.  

 

If you have questions, please contact me or have your staff contact Ms. Debbie Volk at

505-845-5106.

 

Sincerely,

 

David Beck

Assistant Deputy Administrator

  for Military Applications and

  Stockpile Operations

Defense Programs

 

Attachment 1 - Carlson Letter dated November 13, 2003

Attachment 2 - Higgs Letter dated October 1, 2003, forwarding

  NES IP for the DAF, DAF-RPT-32, Rev 1

  dated September 30, 2003

 

cc w/enclosure:

J. McConnell, DiWSB

W. Andrews, DNFSB

A. Matteucci, DNFSB

M. Whitaker, DR-1

D. Glenn, PXSO