[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53884-53885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26867]


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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

[Recommendation 98-2]


Safety Management at the Pantex Plant

AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

ACTION: Notice, recommendation.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has made a 
recommendation to the Secretary of Energy pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
2286a(a)(5) concerning safety management at the Pantex Plant. The Board 
believes that opportunities exist to strengthen and simplify the 
process by which DOE designs and develops activities at the Pantex 
Plant and independently evaluates the safety of those operations. The 
Board believes that DOE should take action to improve these processes. 
However, the recommendation contains information which is classified 
and otherwise restricted. Therefore, only the letter forwarding the 
recommendation (which is unclassified when separated from the 
attachment) is being published.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth M. Pursateri or Andrew L. 
Thibadeau at the address above or telephone (202) 208-6400.

    Dated: October 1, 1998.
John T. Conway,
Chairman.

Appendix--Transmittal Letter to the Secretary of Energy

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20004, (202) 
208-6400

SECRET--RESTRICTED DATA

September 30, 1998
The Honorable Bill Richardson,
Secretary of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20585-1000

    Dear Secretary Richardson: On September 30, 1998, the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board), in accordance with 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 2286a(a)(5), unanimously approved Recommendation 98-2, 
which is enclosed for your consideration. Recommendation 98-2, deals 
with Safety Management at the Pantex Plant.
    42 U.S.C. Sec. 2286d(a) requires the Board, after receipt by 
you, to promptly make this recommendation available to the public in 
the Department of Energy's (DOE) regional public reading rooms. 
However, the recommendation contains information which is classified 
or otherwise restricted. Please arrange to have this letter 
forwarding the recommendation (which is unclassified when separated 
from the attachment) promptly placed on file in your regional public 
reading rooms.
    The following is an unclassified summary of the Board's 
recommendation: The Board believes that opportunities exist to 
strengthen and simplify the process by which DOE designs and 
develops activities at the Pantex Plant and independently evaluates 
the safety of those operations. The Board believes that DOE should 
take action to improve these processes.
      Sincerely,
John T. Conway,
Chairman.

c: Mr. Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.

    When separated from enclosures, this document is unclassified. 
Document transmitted herewith contains Secret/Restricted Data.

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