[DOE LETTER HEAD]
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
November 30, 2007
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I have been asked by the Administrator to inform you that the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) has completed Phase 1 and Phase 2 assessments of the Safety
Management Programs (SMP) and safety related Structures, Systems, and Components
(SSC)
at the Device Assembly Facility (DAF) at the
letter from the Manager of the Nevada Site Office (NSO) summarizes and reports the
completion of tasks committed in the related April 26, 2006 letter, from NNSA to the
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board). The assessments resulted in the
identification of a number of important safety issues that were addressed by resultant
corrective action plans.
The NSO regularly briefed your staff during the conduct of the SMP assessments and
provided your staff with copies of all assessment reports. We would be happy to set up a
briefing to the Board should you desire further dialogue on DAF, the SMP assessments,
and resultant corrective actions. If you have questions, please contact me or Michael
Thompson or my staff at (301) 903-8064.
Sincerely,
Martin
J. Schoenbauer
Principal
Assistant Deputy Administrator
for Operations
Defense
Programs
cc:
M. Whitaker, HS-1.1