[DOE LETTERHEAD]
NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
July 30, 2003
The Honorable John
T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana
Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C.
20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed is the
quarterly report for Recommendation 98-2 for the period April 1 through June
30, 2003.
During this
reporting period, the Department made progress toward completion of 98-2
commitments, and provided the Board a copy of the Pantex site-wide
transportation safety analysis report in partial fulfillment of Commitment
4.3.3, “Develop site-wide Technical Safety Requirements controls for on-site
transportation of nuclear explosives.”
Twenty out of twenty-seven commitments have been delivered, and seven
remain outstanding.
We plan to brief
you in August 2003 on the recovery schedule for accelerated implementation of
SS-21 for W88 bay operations, and the path forward for accelerated
implementation of SS-21 tooling for W78 nuclear explosive operations.
If you have any
questions, please contact me at 202-586-4879, or have your staff contact Debbie
Volk at 505-845-5106.
Sincerely,
David E. Beck
Assistant Deputy
Administrator
for Military
Application and
Stockpile
Operations
Defense Programs
cc w/enclosure:
J. McConnell,
DNFSB
W. Andrews, DNFSB
A. Matteucci,
DNFSB
M. Whitaker, DR-1,
HQ
D. Glenn, PSO