Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

PURPOSE

This Department of Energy (DOE) reference document is for use by DOE elements. This reference provides suggested approaches for interfacing with and responding to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and staff in accordance with DOE Order (O) 140.1A, Interface with the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB or Board), issued on June 15, 2020.

This desk reference provides detailed guidance for the most typical interactions with the Board; Board Recommendations, DOE Implementation Plans (IP), Board requests for information, Reporting Requirements, Board public hearings, public meetings, and other briefings/meetings, Board policy, Routine meetings and interfacing with the Board staff, DOE Annual Report to Congress and DOE Bi-annual Reports to Congress (identifying any instances of information denials and reason for such denials), and Office of the Departmental Representative to the DNFSB (DR) website and Safety Issues Management System (SIMS) database.

The guidance described in these sections is a compilation of insight gained since the late 1980’s inception of the Board, which includes the Department’s expectations of its requirements as contained in DOE O 140.1A and the DNFSB Enabling Legislation - found on the DR website at: https://ehss.energy.gov/deprep/.