[DOE LETTERHEAD]
NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
July 28, 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 augment
information submitted in response to Commitment 4.4.1 in the Implementation
Plan for the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB) Recommendation
2002-2, “U.S. Department of Energy Plan to Address and Resolve Weapons
Laboratory Support of Defense Nuclear Complex.”
On June 30, 2003, I submitted to the
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Contracting Officer
Representative’s (COR) nominating letters for Directed Stockpile Work (DSW) and
to the national laboratory site office COR appointment letters, per Commitment
4.4.1 of the DNFSB Recommendation 2002-2.
The letters outline COR responsibilities and authorities in relation to
business conducted at the laboratory.
Authorities include, but are not exclusive to, providing program
direction, initiating timely work authorizations, and performing oversight
activities for DSW maintenance and research and development (R&D); weapon
R&D associated with safety; Seamless Safety-21; laboratory weapons
response; the Integrated Weapons Activity Plan; pit manufacturing and
certification, science and engineering campaigns; and readiness in technical
base facilities program readiness.
Contracting officers will ensure laboratory support requirements related
to safety of operations of the defense nuclear weapons complex are tracked and
met within the current resources of the contract.
Enclosed are the COR letters from the
Managers of the Sandia Site Office, Los Alamos Site Office, and Livermore Site
Office, to designated individuals on their staff who will be responsible for
overseeing DSW-related work at the respective national laboratories.
We plan to address Commitment 4.4.3 in an
NNSA briefing to the DNFSB scheduled for
August 20, 2003.
If you questions, please call me at
202-586-1730.
Sincerely,
M. Schoenbauer
Director
Office of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
Defense Programs
cc:
M. Whitaker, DR-1