Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

November 10, 2024, Board letter providing its review of the safety design basis documents for two projects in the NNSS Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments and evaluation of seismic faults within PULSE. The Board also established a 120-day reporting requirement for DOE/NNSA to provide a report and briefing to address the Board's safety questions.
September 13, 2024, This is test of the posting procedure, Board letter providing its review of the safety design basis documents for two projects in the NNSS Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments and evaluation of seismic faults within PULSE. The Board also established a 120-day reporting requirement for DOE/NNSA to provide a report and briefing to address the Board's safety questions.
February 12, 2024, test
February 8, 2024, Federal Register publication of DNFSB Recommendation 2023-1, Nuclear Safety Requirements.
January 26, 2024, Follow up Board letter, from the Board's visit to Pantex in April 2024 and requesting that NNSA provide the revised schedule for revising the remaining safety basis documents to the Board's staff when it becomes available. The Board also established a 60-day reporting requirement (from date of review completion) for NNSA to provide a briefing on the results of the Recommendation 2019-1 Implementation Plan effectiveness review.
January 4, 2023, Board letter providing its review of the implementation of several safety improvements at the Pantex Plant relating to DOE's Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2019-1, Uncontrolled Hazard Scenarios and 10 CFR 830 Implementation at the Pantex Plant.
January 3, 2023, test
January 3, 2022, DNFSB Access to Information
November 20, 2021, All requests must include a strong business case justification addressing, what mission your request supports, how your request will benefit that function, and what the negative impacts will be if your request isn't granted.
November 2, 2021, Board letter providing the results of its review of the emergency management program at Hanford for DOE's use in executing continuous improvement efforts.

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: 2020-1 | 2019-2 | 2019-1 | 2012-1

Board correspondence and other documents sorted by applicable DOE site.

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

Reports to Congress On Board-Related Activities

Board Public Meetings and Hearings

DOE Briefings to DNFSB

Board Technical Reports

Correspondence - CMRR Certification