Sandia National Laboratories

No document links for 2013

• July 16, 2012, Department letter responding to the Board letter of April 18, 2012, concerning quality assurance and software quality assurance issues at the Annular Core Research Reactor at Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]
• June 26, 2012, Department letter responding to the Board letter of February 28, 2012, concerning NNSA's plans to modify the Documented Safety Analysis, review the accident analyses, and evaluate the reliability of controls for the Annular Core Research Reactor at Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]
• May 25, 2012, Department letter requesting 30-day extension to respond to Board letter of February 28, 2012, concerning the Documented Safety Analysis at the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) at Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]
• April 18, 2012, Board letter establishing a 90-day reporting requirement describing the plans and schedule for actions to be taken to address the quality assurance and software quality assurance issues at the Annular Core Research Reactor at Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]
• March 2, 2012, Board letter to Citizen Action New Mexico regarding the safety basis for the Annular Core Research Reactor at Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]
• February 28, 2012, Board letter establishing a 3-month reporting requirement describing the NNSA's plans to review the accident analyses, modify the DSA, and evaluate the reliability of controls for the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) at Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]

• October 13, 2011, Board letter thanking Sandia National Laboratories personnel for presenting the Human Factors Engineering course to the Board’s staff. [PDF]
• September 2, 2011, Board letter in response to Citizen Action New Mexico regarding the safe operation of the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) at Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]
• April 5, 2011, Board letter establishing a 90-day reporting requirement for a report on actions taken to completely implement Standard DOE-NA-STD-3016-2006, Hazard Analysis Reports for Nuclear Explosive Operations. [PDF]
• February 28, 2011, Board letter to Citizen Action New Mexico responding to its concerns regarding consequences to the public from potential accidents at SNL. [PDF]

• July 14, 2010, Board staff letter transmitting the Citizen Action New Mexico Presentation and the Region 6 Needs to Improve Oversight Practices Report from Mr. David McCoy, Executive Director, Citizen Action New Mexico, regarding concerns at Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]
• July 12, 2010, Board letter to Citizen Action New Mexico acknowledging information provided to the Board on March 3, 2010. [PDF]
• June 30, 2010, Department letter transmitting an Exclusion Report for Commitment 8.3 of IP 2004-2 for the Gamma Irradiation Facility at the Sandia National Laboratories. [PDF]
• May 21, 2010, Board letter establishing a 45-day reporting requirement for a briefing on the technical justification of the hazard categorization of the Z machine at SNL. [PDF]
• January 25, 2010, Board letter establishing a 30-day reporting requirement regarding the results of the causal factors analysis of untimely communications of W76 data from SNL to Pantex. [PDF]

• August 31, 2009, Department letter transmitting the 2004-2, Active Confinement Systems, IP deliverables 8.6.3 and 8.6.5 for the Annular Core Research Reactor at SNL. [PDF]

• July 31, 2008, Board letter regarding the June 20, 2008, letter from Mr. David McCoy, Executive Director, Citizen Action New Mexico, regarding concerns at Sandia National Laboratories. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

• October 1, 2007, Department letter transmitting NNSA Central Technical Authority (CTA) guidance to the Office of the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs regarding expectations that the safety bases and controls be finalized and approved before a Contractor Readiness Assessment begins. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

No document links for 2006

• June 13, 2005, Department letter regarding Corrective Action Plan for the skin contamination incident and Integrated Safety Management at the Sandia National Laboratories Technical Area V. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
• March 23, 2005, Department letter regarding implementation of nuclear safety requirements for a nuclear facility located at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

• December 13, 2004, Board letter granting a 30-day extension to respond to Board reporting requirement regarding safety bases at Sandia National Laboratory. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
• November 23, 2004, Department letter providing status of NNSA's portion in Commitment 4.1.4 in the 2002-1 implementation plan, Quality Assurance for Safety-Related Software, which requires NNSA personnel assigned to Software Quality Assurance positions to have qualifications in accordance to the Technical Qualification program. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
• November 22, 2004, Department letter requesting a 30-day extension to submit a report and brief the Board regarding adequacy of safety basis for nuclear facilities at Sandia National Laboratory. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
• November 10, 2004, Department letter regarding implementation of the guidance on Facility Representative training and staffing analysis. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
• October 8, 2004, Board letter regarding Integrated Safety Management at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
• September 27, 2004, Board letter establishing a 90-day reporting requirement regarding issues on the adequacy of safety analyses for facilities at Sandia National Laboratory. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
• June 4, 2004, Department letter forwarding the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Site Office Functions, Responsibilities and Authorities Manuals (FRAMs), and plans for updating safety-related Orders, Standards, and supplemental Directives. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]
• March 18, 2004, Department letter providing additional information as a follow-up to the Sandia National Laboratory briefing with the Board on its new management team and other areas of interest to the Board. [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

• 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]
• October 17, 2003, Department letter providing requested clarifications for NNSA sites regarding habitability-related High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters. [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]

• November 12, 2002, Department letter regarding Sandia Underground Reactor Facility (SURF). [PDF]
• October 3, 2002, Board letter forwarding Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex. [PDF]
• 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]
• May 17, 2002, Department letter responding to Board reporting requirement dated March 7, 2002 regarding the design of the Sandia Underground Reactor Facility (SURF). [PDF]
• March 7, 2002, Board letter establishing a 60-day reporting requirement on the issues outlined in the enclosed staff report on the preliminary design of Sandia Underground Reactor Facility. [PDF]