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National
Nuclear Security Administration
October 18, 2005
The Honorable A.
J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
In my letter of February 25, 2004,
I forwarded to you a copy of the Status Report of the Recommendations from the NNSA
Lessons Learned Review of NASA’s Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report. I have completed my review of the recommendations
and have enclosed a status report summarizing my decisions concerning which
recommendations to act on and my rationale for deferring one recommendation. The report also describes the current status
of actions to address the recommendations that we have adopted.
If you have any questions,
please contact me or have your staff contact Jim McConnell at 202-586-4379 or
Dick Crowe at 301-903-6214.
Sincerely,
Linton F. Brooks
Administrator
cc: M. Whitaker, DR-1