[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

National Nuclear Security Administration

 

November 21, 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 are the letters the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) received from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories certifying processes exist for the selection, training, mentoring, and succession planning for weapons points-of-contact at the respective laboratories.  Certification to NNSA was required by Commitment 4.2.4 in the Implementation Plan (IP) 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”.

 

The NNSA is reviewing the laboratory submittals and will brief the DNFSB in accordance with the IP.  If you have questions, please contact me or Ms. Debra Volk at 505-845-5106.

 

Sincerely,

 

Martin J. Schoenbauer

Director

Office of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile

Defense Programs

 

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M. Whitaker, DR-1