Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

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.
November 26, 2024, Department response letter regarding the revision to DOE Order 425.1D, Verification of Readiness to Start Up or Restart Nuclear Facilities.
November 15, 2024, Board letter concerning the DOE development of Oder 421.1, Nuclear Safety Basis and establishing a 60-day reporting requirement, and before the new order is issued, for a report and briefing regarding DOE's path forward for issuing DOE Order 421.1.
November 14, 2024, Department letter providing response to the Board letter dated May 15, 2024, regarding the final design of the continuous air monitor system for the WIPP Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System

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