[DOE LETTERHEAD]
OFFICE OF RIVER PROTECTION
April 1, 2005
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:
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SAFETY BOARD (DNFSB) OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING FIRE PROTECTION FOR HANFORD WASTE
TREATMENT AND IMMOBILIZATION PLANT
Reference: DNFSB letter from J. T. Conway to P. M. Golan,
DOE, dated February 4, 2005.
This letter provides the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) report in response to concerns identified by the
DNFSB in the Reference letter. The
Reference letter provided DOE with a report detailing DNFSB observations
concerning fire protection for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization
Plant. The report included three
observations developed through document reviews and discussions with
representatives of the DOE Office of River Protection and Bechtel National,
Inc., on November 16-18, 2004 (meetings at Hanford), and December 20-23, 2004
(teleconferences).
The attached report provides DOE
responses to the DNFSB observations discussed in the Reference letter. Thank you for providing your observations on
this important topic. If you have further questions concerning DOE’s response,
please contact me.
Sincerely,
Roy J. Schepens
Manager
Response to DNFSB Letter
cc w/attach:
M. T. Sautman, DNFSB
M. B. Whitaker, DR-1
P. M. Bubar, EM-3
I. R. Triay, EM-3
C. S. O’Dell, EM-3.2
S. M. Hahn, RL