[DOE LETTERHEAD]
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
August 11, 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 provide you
the deliverable for the Commitment 4.2.1 and 4.3.1 in the Implementation Plan
for Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board Recommendation 2002-2, “U.S.
Department of Energy Plan to Address and Resolve Weapons Laboratory Support of
Defense Nuclear Complex.”
Deliverable 4.2.1 in the implementation plan
was for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to request the
national laboratories to review and revise, if necessary, their existing
processes for selection criteria, training and mentoring, and succession
planning for weapons points of contact.
Deliverable 4.3.1 was for the NNSA to request the national laboratories
to provide a document describing the roles, responsibilities, and authorities
of the weapons points of contact. Both
of these commitments are addressed in the enclosed letters to the Lawrence
Liver-more National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia
National Laboratories.
If you have questions, please call me at
202-586- 1730.
Sincerely,
M. Schoenbauer
Director
Office of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
Defense Programs
cc:
M. Whitaker, DR-1