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- June 27, 2022, Department of Energy Implementation Plan (IP) for Recommendation 2020-1, Nuclear Safety Requirements
- June 22, 2022, Department letter acknowledging the Board's January 24, 2022, letter on the Conceptual Design (CD-1) for the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF) at SRS.
- June 16, 2022, Board letter establishing a 90-day reporting requirement for a report and briefing to address safety questions related to the nuclear criticality safety program at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center at NNSS.
- June 16, 2022, Board letter establishing a 45-day reporting requirement for a written response on implementation of the unreviewed safety question (USQ) process following a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) update as detailed in the DNFSB Technical Report (TECH-47), Seismic Hazard Assessments.
- June 12, 2022, Department letter responding to the Board letter dated January 6, 2022, regarding safety concerns with pit staging at the Pantex Plant.
- June 1, 2022, Supplementary Agreement for Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- May 12, 2022, Department letter noting that DOE/NNSA to provide the response to the Board's letter dated January 6, 2022, regarding the Los Alamos National Laboratory on-site Transportation Safety Document by July 6, 2022.
- May 10, 2022, Board letter transmitting its review of the breakdown of Pantex's external dosimetry program and establishing a reporting requirement for a written report and briefing - within 90 and 120 days, respectively - on lessons learned from the Pantex external dosimetry program breakdown and actions to prevent recurrence at Pantex and other defense nuclear facilities.
- March 30, 2022, Department letter providing the FY 2021 Annual Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Metrics report.
- March 15, 2022, Department letter responding to the Board letter dated November 24, 2021, regarding DOE's approval of Critical Decision-1 for the Los Alamos Plutonium Pit Production Project (LAP4) and describing DOE's strategy for the Plutonium Facility ventilation system.
- March 2, 2022, NPO briefing on the status of the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2019-1, Uncontrolled Hazard Scenarios and 10 CFR 830 Implementation at the Pantex Plant
- February 17, 2022, DOE-DNFSB Memorandum of Understanding
- February 1, 2022, Department letter responding to the DNFSB letter dated September 8, 2021, regarding DOE's plan for safely managing nuclear waste materials containing mixtures of nitric acid or nitrate salts with polysaccharides.
- January 24, 2022, Board letter providing the results of its review of the Conceptual Design (CD-1) for the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF) at SRS, for DOE's use and information
- January 6, 2022, Board letter establishing a 120-day reporting requirement for NNSA to provide a report addressing safety concerns with pit staging at the Pantex Plant.
- January 6, 2022, Board letter providing a summary of its safety reviews of DOE Directives and Technical Standards in FY 2021 and providing a list of Directives and Technical Standards the Board has selected to review in FY 2022.
- January 6, 2022, Board letter establishing a 120-day reporting requirement for DOE to provide a briefing and report to address questions pertaining to the adequacy of the LANL onsite transportation safety document and the onsite transportation safe harbors.
- January 6, 2022, Board letter providing its report from the review of the Conceptual Design for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project at SRS, for DOE's use and information.
- January 6, 2022, Board letter revising the annual reporting requirement for DOE to annually provide a report and briefing for the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program.