Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

February 14, 2025, Board letter congratulating Secretary Wright and providing highlights of key nuclear safety challenges at DOE defense nuclear facilities.
January 31, 2025, Board letter providing its review of the draft DOE Order 414.1E, Quality Assurance, and offering insights to assist DOE in enhancing its quality assurance programs.
January 30, 2025, Board letter providing its review of the B61 Hazard Analysis Report and establishing a 120-day reporting requirement for a report on (a) any actions taken or planned for these remaining open safety issues and observations and (b) implementation of these actions across the other appropriate weapon programs. In this letter, the Board also closed Recommendation 2019-1, Uncontrolled Hazard Scenarios and 10 CFR 830 Implementation at the Pantex Plant.
January 2, 2025, Board letter providing a summary of its reviews of DOE safety directives and technical standards in FY 2024 and providing a listing of safety directives and technical standards the Board plans to review in FY 2025.
December 20, 2024, Board letter providing its response to the DOE Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2023-1, Onsite Transportation Safety.
December 18, 2024, Department date extension letter for two deliverables (5.3.2 and 5.5.2) associated with the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2020-1. Nuclear Safety Requirements.
December 17, 2024, Board letter regarding DOE Order 151.1E, Comprehensive Emergency Management System, and the NNSA Administrator's memorandum dated September 18, 2023, which advised NNSA field office managers to delegate the approvals of revisions to some emergency program documents.
December 12, 2024, Department letter responding to the Board letter dated June 14, 2024, regarding progress toward resolving the identified shortcomings with DOE-SR's Facility Representative program.
December 11, 2024, Department letter responding to the Board letter dated July 25, 2024, regarding NNSS PULSE and ECSE safety design basis documents.
December 6, 2024, Board letter regarding DOE's application of Standard 3009-2014, Preparation of Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Documented Safety Analysis, and establishing a 120-day reporting requirement for a briefing and report that contains: 1) DOE's plans to transition facility DSAs to DOE Standard 3009-2014, 2) DOE's rationale for facilities that will not transition to DOE Standard 3009-2014 within 5 years, 3) DOE's plans to ensure wide and timely implementation of new safe harbors that strengthen safety requirements.

A Chronological Listing of all correspondence, reports, and memorandum between the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) and the Department of Energy (DOE) by Year - Month - Day.

Chronological Listing:
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 - 2000 | 1999 - 1990

A listing of all correspondence, reports, memorandum, and DOE implementation plans related to a specific DNFSB Recommendations (see About Board Recommendations) between DOE and the DNFSB by Year - Month - Day.

All Board Recommendations

Open Board Recommendations: 2020-1 | 2019-2 | 2019-1 | 2012-1

Board correspondence and other documents sorted by applicable DOE site.

Hanford | INL | LANL | LLNL | NNSS | Pantex | SNL | SRS | WIPP | Y-12/ORNL | Other

Reports to Congress On Board-Related Activities

Board Public Meetings and Hearings

DOE Briefings to DNFSB

Board Technical Reports

Correspondence - CMRR Certification