[DOE LETTERHEAD]
NATIONAL
NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
November 23, 2007
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed is the approved National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) review plan for the
design agency (DA) implementation of DOE-NA-STD-3016-2006, Hazard Analysis Reports for
Nuclear Explosive Operations. My staff has previously shared this plan with your staff in
August and I appreciate the insights gained through our staff-to-staff interactions. We intend to
conclude our review of DA implementing documents by the end of this quarter and will share the
results with you as soon as they are available.
The review covered by the enclosed plan extends only to the DA procedures, and not to their
application. Their application will be reviewed through normal Site Office and Headquarters
oversight activities as the procedures are used to develop weapons responses.
If you have any comments or feedback, please call me or Mr. Steve Goodrum, Assistant Deputy
Administrator for Military Application and Stockpile Operations, at (202) 586-4879.
Sincerely,
William C. Ostendorff
Principal Deputy Administrator
cc: K. Fortenberry, DNFSB
C. Martin, DNFSB
A. Matteucci, DNFSB
R. Rauch, DNFSB
M. Whitaker, HS-I .I
T. D'Agostino, NA-1
M. Schoenbauer, NA-10
J. McConnell, NA-2.1
S. Goodrum, NA-12
R. Lewis, NA-12
K. Jamali, NA-12
D. Glenn, PXSO