Rec. 2002-2
Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex

2002-2 BY YEAR:	2005 2004 2003 2002
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Board Recommendation: from Chairman Conway to Secretary Abraham, dated October 3, 2002. [PDF]
Department Response: from Secretary Abraham to Chairman Conway, dated January 8, 2003. [PDF]
Department Implementation Plan: dated June 4, 2003. [PDF]
Board Closure: dated November 22, 2005. [PDF]

2005

November 22, 2005, Board letter closing Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, and requesting NNSA to update the list of weapon-specific points of contact at each laboratory and include this in the periodic briefings to the Board on the status of laboratory research and development work for weapon safety. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
October 18, 2005, Department letter forwarding commitments completion information for the 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex and requesting closure of recommendation 2002-2. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
March 18, 2005, Department letter providing the Los Alamos National Laboratory portion of Commitments 4.3.2 and 4.3.3 in the 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, which requires a description of weapons point of contact roles, responsibilities, and authorities; and a briefing to the Board to present the roles, responsibilities, and authorities, respectively. [HTML]

2004

September 2, 2004, Department letter reporting completion of Commitment 4.4.1 in the 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of Defense Nuclear Complex, by the issuance of a modified memorandum of Appointment of Contracting Officer Representative at Los Alamos National Laboratory. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

2003

November 21, 2003, Department letter regarding Commitment 4.2.4 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of Defense Nuclear Complex, on process for selection, training, mentoring, and succession planning for weapons points-of-contact. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
September 30, 2003, Department letter reporting closure of Commitment 4.2.3 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, which requires identifying the point-of-contact for each weapon system in the defense nuclear complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
August 29, 2003, Department letter providing status on commitment 4.2.2 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, revision of the Interagency Engineering Procedure, Processing Changes to Pantex Technical Procedures to ensure a single point-of-contact (POC) is named for each weapon system. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
August 11, 2003, Department letter reporting completion of deliverables 4.2.1 and 4.3.1 in the 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
July 28, 2003, Department letter regarding commitment 4.4.1 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
July 9, 2003, Board letter acknowledging receipt of an acceptable Department implementation plan for Board recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
July 8, 2003, Department letter reporting completion of commitment 4.1.1 in the Department's 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, with the issuance of a Secretarial Memorandum on the priority of the Nuclear Weapons Program at the National Laboratories. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
June 30, 2003, Department letter reporting completion of commitment 4.4.1 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
June 30, 2003, Department letter reporting completion of commitment 4.4.2 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
June 4, 2003, Department letter forwarding implementation plan 2002-2, Department of Energy Plan to Address and Resolve Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
April 30, 2003, Department letter notifying the Board that the Department will require up to an additional 45 days to finalize and transmit the implementation plan for recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
January 30, 2003, Federal Register publication of the Department's response to Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [PDF] [DOC]
January 8, 2003, Department letter accepting Board recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

2002

December 13, 2002, Federal Register publication of the Department's request for a 45-day extension to respond to Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [PDF]
November 22, 2002, Board letter approving the Department's request for an extension to respond to the Board's recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [PDF]
November 21, 2002, Department letter requesting an additional 45 days to respond to recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [PDF]
October 10, 2002, Federal Register publication of DNFSB Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex [PDF]
October 3, 2002, Board letter forwarding Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [PDF]

Prior to Recommendation

September 3, 2002, Department letter responding to Board reporting requirement dated August 1, 2002 regarding the single point of contact concept relative to W80 enchanced transportation cart (ETC) approval. [PDF]
August 1, 2002, Board letter establishing a 30-day reporting requirement regarding the actions being taken to ensure support in the implementation of safety initiatives at the Pantex Plant. [PDF]