Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

July 25, 2025, Board letter regarding changes to DOE's organizational structure and regulatory approach and establishing a 30-day reporting requirement for a briefing, followed by semiannual briefings, on how DOE will ensure the adequacy and independence of nuclear safety oversight.
July 25, 2025, Board letter providing its review of the safety basis of LANL Area G radioactive waste facility for DOE's information and use in enhancing safety.
July 7, 2025, Board letter providing its evaluation of nuclear operations and maintenance at the SRS Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) for DOE's information and use for performance improvements.
June 20, 2025, Department letter responding to the Board letter dated December 6, 2024, regarding the implementation of STD-3009-2014, Preparation of Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Documented Safety Analysis.
June 18, 2025, Board letter providing its review of WIPP shafts and escapeway hoists and establishing a 120-day reporting requirement for a briefing and report for: (1) the timeline and plan to reduce the risk from degraded escapeway hoists to facility workers, including any interim compensatory measures necessary to ensure the safety of ongoing operations, and (2) an evaluation of the adequacy of existing site aging infrastructure management processes based on recent experiences with degraded shafts and escapeway hoists.
June 12, 2025, Board letter recognizing Mr. Tim Yeh of the Hanford Field Office upon being awarded the 2024 Safety System Oversight Engineer of the Year.
June 12, 2025, Board letter recognizing Mr. Joseph Smith of the Savannah River Operations Office upon being awarded the 2024 Facility Representative of the Year.
June 12, 2025, Board letter providing its review of decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) work planning and control at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Facility for DOE's use and information.
June 12, 2025, Board letter providing its review of the Safety Integrity Level for 242-A Evaporator at the Hanford Site and establishing a 90-day reporting requirement for a report and a briefing on 1) DOE's path forward for improving the reliability of the seismic dump system to ensure protection of the workers, and 2) DOE's approach for providing guidance and requirements for design of safety significant instrumentation and control systems for an existing facility when the design is not a major modification.
May 28, 2025, Board letter closing Recommendation 2012-1, Savannah River Site Building 235-F Safety, and revising its reporting requirement which now requests DOE to provide three annual reports regarding the safety status and progress at Building 235-F.

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: 2023-1 | 2020-1 | 2019-2 | 2019-1

Board correspondence and other documents sorted by applicable DOE site.

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

Reports to Congress On Board-Related Activities

Board Public Meetings and Hearings

Board Technical Reports

Correspondence - CMRR Certification