[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
July 23, 2004
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
We have received your letter
dated May 21, 2004, that identified weaknesses and deficiencies in
incorporating Integrated Safety Management (ISM) into work planning and control
at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sites. We understand your concerns and are fully committed
to ensuring effective incorporation of ISM into activity-level work planning
and control at NNSA sites to ensure that work is performed safely. As discussed in the enclosure, I have asked
our site offices and contractors to perform assessments in this area in
preparation for a workshop intended to address this issue. We will ensure participation by appropriate
management levels from each of our sites and ensure that senior management is
engaged and fully supports this effort. We
will keep your staff informed of related activities and progress, and welcome their
involvement.
If you have any questions,
please contact me or have your staff contact Rick Kendall at
(301) 903-3102.
Sincerely,
Everet H. Beckner
Deputy Administrator
for Defense Programs
cc w/enclosure:
M. Whitaker, DR-1