Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex

2002-2 BY YEAR: 2005 2004 2003 2002
This page last updated Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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• Board Recommendation:  from Chairman Conway to Secretary Abraham, dated October 3, 2002.
• Department Response:  from Secretary Abraham to Chairman Conway, dated January 8, 2003.
• Department Implementation Plan:  dated June 4, 2003. [PDF]
• Board Closure:  dated November 22, 2005. [PDF]

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• November 22, 2005, Board letter closing Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, and requesting NNSA to update the list of weapon-specific points of contact at each laboratory and include this in the periodic briefings to the Board on the status of laboratory research and development work for weapon safety.
• October 18, 2005, Department letter forwarding commitments completion information for the 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex and requesting closure of recommendation 2002-2.

• September 2, 2004, Department letter reporting completion of Commitment 4.4.1 in the 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of Defense Nuclear Complex, by the issuance of a modified memorandum of Appointment of Contracting Officer Representative at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

• November 21, 2003, Department letter regarding Commitment 4.2.4 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of Defense Nuclear Complex, on process for selection, training, mentoring, and succession planning for weapons points-of-contact.
• September 30, 2003, Department letter reporting closure of Commitment 4.2.3 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, which requires identifying the point-of-contact for each weapon system in the defense nuclear complex.
• August 29, 2003, Department letter providing status on commitment 4.2.2 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, revision of the Interagency Engineering Procedure, Processing Changes to Pantex Technical Procedures to ensure a single point-of-contact (POC) is named for each weapon system.
• August 11, 2003, Department letter reporting completion of deliverables 4.2.1 and 4.3.1 in the 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• July 28, 2003, Department letter regarding commitment 4.4.1 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• July 9, 2003, Board letter acknowledging receipt of an acceptable Department implementation plan for Board recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• July 8, 2003, Department letter reporting completion of commitment 4.1.1 in the Department's 2002-2 implementation plan, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex, with the issuance of a Secretarial Memorandum on the priority of the Nuclear Weapons Program at the National Laboratories.
• June 30, 2003, Department letter reporting completion of commitment 4.4.2 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• June 30, 2003, Department letter reporting completion of commitment 4.4.1 in implementation plan 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• June 4, 2003, Department letter forwarding implementation plan 2002-2, Department of Energy Plan to Address and Resolve Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• April 30, 2003, Department letter notifying the Board that the Department will require up to an additional 45 days to finalize and transmit the implementation plan for recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• January 30, 2003, Federal Register publication of the Department's response to Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• January 8, 2003, Department letter accepting Board recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.

• December 13, 2002, Federal Register publication of the Department's request for a 45-day extension to respond to Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• November 22, 2002, Board letter approving the Department's request for an extension to respond to the Board's recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• November 21, 2002, Department letter requesting an additional 45 days to respond to recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.
• October 10, 2002, Federal Register publication of DNFSB Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex
• October 3, 2002, Board letter forwarding Recommendation 2002-2, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex.

• September 3, 2002, Department letter responding to Board reporting requirement dated August 1, 2002 regarding the single point of contact concept relative to W80 enchanced transportation cart (ETC) approval.
• August 1, 2002, Board letter establishing a 30-day reporting requirement regarding the actions being taken to ensure support in the implementation of safety initiatives at the Pantex Plant.