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Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
2024
2024 BY MONTH: JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
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- April 10, 2024, Board letter regarding safety issues pertaining to the glovebox safety and glovebox glove integrity programs at LANL and establishing a 120-day reporting requirement for NNSA to provide a briefing to address these safety issues and NNSA's plans for disseminating lessons-learned from the glovebox loss of integrity events investigated at LANL.
- April 9, 2024, Board letter providing its review of the Pantex Plant False Ceiling Replacement and identifying opportunities for safety improvement for DOE's information and use. The Board also identified safety concerns regarding cast iron fittings in the fire suppression systems at Pantex and LANL Plutonium Facility and advises DOE to communicate the issue complex-wide through use of an Operating Experience Level 1 or 2 document.
- March 29, 2024, Board letter granting the DOE request for a 45-day extension to provide a response for Recommendation 2023-1, Onsite Transportation Safety.
- March 26, 2024, Department letter in response to the Board's October 4, 2023, letter regarding ongoing safety improvements at the Savannah River Tritium Enterprise (SRTE).
- March 25, 2024, Department letter responding to the Board letter date January 24, 2024, regarding the DOE revision of Order 251.1D, Departmental Directives Program.
- March 21, 2024, Department letter requesting a 45-day extension to provide a response for Recommendation 2023-1, Onsite Transportation Safety.
- February 20, 2024, Board letter responding to DOE's January 31, 2024, extension letter regarding the revision of Order 425.1D, Verification of Readiness to Start Up or Restart Nuclear Facilities.
- February 12, 2024, Board letter providing its review of the fire protection program at the Pantex Plant for the NNSA's information and use.
- February 8, 2024, Federal Register publication of DNFSB Recommendation 2023-1, Nuclear Safety Requirements.
- January 31, 2024, Department 90-day extension letter to respond to the Board's letter dated December 5, 2023, regarding concerns with proposed changes on the revision to DOE Order 425.1D, Verification of Readiness to Start Up or Restart Nuclear Facilities
- January 30, 2024, Department letter transmitting the FY2023 Annual Nuclear Criticality Safety Metrics Report
- January 29, 2024, Department letter transmitting Deliverable 5.1.3 of the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2020-1, Nuclear Safety Requirements
- January 26, 2024, Board letter transmitting Recommendation 2023-1, Onsite Transportation Safety
- January 24, 2024, Board letter concerning the revision of DOE Order 251.1D, Departmental Directives Program, and establishing a 60-day reporting requirement for a report and briefing regarding DOE's path forward on the revision to this order.
- January 19, 2024, Board letter transmitting the report from its review of the Chemical Compatibility Program for Transuranic Waste at NNSA facilities at LANL, for DOE's use and information.
- January 18, 2024, Department letter providing LANL PF-4 MELCOR Leak Path Factor Parametric Report, and PF-4 Fire Suppression System Documented Safety Analysis Functional Requirements.
- January 17, 2024, Department letter responding to the Board letters dated August 3, 2023, and November 28, 2023, regarding concerns with facility worker safety at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF) project.
- January 16, 2024, Department letter stating that DOE has completed all commitments in the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2019-1, Uncontrolled Hazard Scenarios and 10 CFR 830 Implementation at the Pantex Plant
- January 5, 2024, Board letter providing its review of Software Quality Assurance (SQA) of Continuous Air Monitors for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Recovery Glovebox Line for the National Nuclear Security Administration and LLNL to use going forward to further improve SQA practices at the Plutonium Facility.
