[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 38645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18619]


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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting

    Pursuant to the provision of the ``Government in the Sunshine Act'' 
(5 USC 552b), notice is hereby given of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board's (Board) meeting described below
    Time and Date of Meeting: 9 a.m., August 15, 2001. Additionally, 
the meeting will be webcast and available at: http://www.dnfsb.gov. 
    Place: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Public Hearing 
Room, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20004.
    Status: Open.
    Matters To Be Considered: The Department of Energy (DOE) requires 
contractors at defense nuclear facilities to develop and implement 
nuclear quality assurance programs to ensure the requisite quality of 
operations, products, and services that directly affect nuclear safety-
related systems and operations. Activities required to be conducted 
under established quality assurance programs extend from scientific 
studies, to the design, construction, operation, and deactivation of 
defense nuclear facilities. Notwithstanding contract and rule 
requirements concerning quality assurance, there is evidence that 
quality assurance programs at defense nuclear facilities are not 
consistently achieving their quality objectives.
    This is the third in a series of open meetings being held by the 
Board on the topic of quality assurance within DOE defense nuclear 
activities. Board inquiries will address: (1) The status of quality 
assurance assessments at DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration 
(NNSA) sites; (2) the status of quality assurance assessments at 
Environmental Management (EM) sites; (3) the status of corrective 
actions for software quality concerns; (4) Board staff observations on 
quality assurance at defense nuclear facilities; and (5) quality 
assurance as an enforcement tool in improving safety.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Richard A. Azzaro, General 
Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, 
NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004, (800) 788-4016. This is a toll-
free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
reserves its right to further schedule and otherwise regulate the 
course of this meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone or adjourn the 
meeting, and otherwise exercise its authority under the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended.

    Dated: July 23, 2001.
John T. Conway,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. 01-18619 Filed 7-23-01; 10:38 am]
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