[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
NATIONAL
NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
January 29, 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:
Enclosed is the quarterly report
for Recommendation 98-2 for the period October 1 through December 31, 2002.
During this reporting period,
the Department made progress toward completion of all commitments and completed
Commitment 4.3.9, Modification of the fire detection and suppression system in
Building 12-44. The Department
completed the Transportation Safety Analysis Report, Phase 1, Group 1,
Readiness Assessment (RA), which is forwarded with this report in partial
fulfillment of Commitment 4.3.4.
Seventeen out of twenty-eight commitments have been delivered, two have
been rendered moot by subsequent events, and eight remain outstanding.
I propose incorporating the
quarterly brief into the Board’s next regular visit to the Pantex Site. The viewgraphs customarily used to report
the status of open commitments are enclosed.
If you have any questions,
please contact me or have your staff contact Jeff Underwood at (301) 903-8303.
Sincerely,
David E. Beck
Assistant Deputy Administrator
for Military Application and
Stockpile Operations
Defense Programs
cc w/enclosures:
M. Whitaker, S-3.1
J. McConnell, DNFSB
W. Andrews, DNFSB
D. Glenn, PXSO