Improved Schedule for Remediation in the Defense Nuclear Facilities Complex

April 11, 2013

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has Completed all but two of its Commitments (505 and 511) from the Implementation Plan (IP) for Board Recommendation 2000-1, Prioritization for Stabilizing Nuclear Materials

April 28, 2009

Board Closes Recommendation 94-1, Considers 94-1 Superceded by Recommendation 2000-1

Closed

April 29, 2008

September 1, 2004

DOE Report to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Concerning Decommissioning of the Savannah River Site F-Canyon

June 18, 2004

Board Concerns on Revisions to the 2000-1 Implementation Plan, Regarding Sludge Removal at Hanford's K-Basins

June 18, 2004

Effective Corrective Action Concerning Areas Causing Delay in Implementation of Recommendations 1994-1 and 2000-1

March 3, 2004

Board Issues a Reporting Requirement Requesting the April 30, 2004, Update Promised by the Office of Environmental Management Provide a Revised Implementation Plan for Sludge Disposition

May 27, 2003

Transition of the 94-1 Research and Development Program

April 10, 2003

Board Issues a Reporting Requirement for Report within 60 days Providing Path Forward or Revised Implementation Plan for Sludge Removal

March 20, 2003

Board Issues a Reporting Requirement to DOE for a Report within 60 Days Addressing Changes to Mission of the R&D Program for Recommendation 94-1

February 6, 2003

Board Issues a Reporting Requirement for a Report within 15 days Providing Assurance that Multi-Canister Overpacks are Properly Sealed Prior to Welding

November 1, 2002

DOE Completion of 2000-1 Implementation Plan Milestone on Stabilization and Packaging of Solutions at the Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant

August 9, 2002

Board Issues a Reporting Requirement to DOE for a Briefing within 30 Days Describing the actions DOE will Take to Accelerate Material Stabilization at LANL

July 31, 2002

Stabilization and Packaging Activities being Pursued by the Department of Energy

May 22, 2002

Board Commends DOE and RFETS on Meeting Milestone in Implementation Plan for Recommendation 94-1 Involving Stabilization and Repackaging of Plutonium-Bearing Residue

February 15, 2002

Board Issues a Reporting Requirement for Report within 60 days Addressing Sealing Multi-Canister Overpacks into a Safety Condition

November 21, 2001

Board Suggestions for DOE's Revised Implementation Plan for Recommendations 94-1 and 2000-1

May 29, 2001

Board Issues a Reporting Requirement within 45 days Regarding Recommendations 94-1 and 2001-1

May 3, 2001

Board Requests Briefing on Actions Planned by DOE to Resolve Issues Associated with Lack of Requirements in the Standard for Glovebox Ambient Conditions and the use of Supercritical Fluid Extraction

March 23, 2001

Board Issues a Reporting Requirement to DOE for a Report within 60 Days to Identify Actions Taken to Accelerate the Stabilization and Packaging of Plutonium at Savannah River Site and Los Alamos

December 28, 2000

DOE Removal of Spent Nuclear Fuel from the KW Basins at Hanford Site, Recommendations 94-1 and 2000-1

December 6, 2000

DOE Responding to Board Letter Dated December 5, 2000, in Relation to the Fuel Removal Operations from the K Basins in Hanford

December 5, 2000

Deficiences to be Addressed before Commencing Hanford Spent Fuel Project Operations

July 17, 2000

Notice to Savannah River Site Citizen's Advisory Board of DNFSB Response to DOE Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2000-1; Enclosing July 14, 2000 Letter to Bill Richardson, SOE/DOE re: Recommendation 1994-1

July 14, 2000

Board Review of Recommendation 2000-1 Implementation Plan

June 9, 2000

DOE Early Completion of Commitment 701 of Implementation Plan 94-1 and Closure Package for Commitment

May 23, 2000

Board re: the Citizens Advisory Board's Request to be Updated on the Acceptance or Rejection of Implementation Plan for 2000-1

April 27, 2000

DOE Revision 3 of Implementation Plan 94-1 and it's Response to Recommendation 2000-1 Will Be Submitted to the Board by the End of May 2000

March 13, 2000

DOE Acknowledging Receipt of the Board's Recommmendation 2000-1 and the Acceptance of Sub-Recommendations 1 through 9

March 1, 2000

DOE Completion of Commitment 121 in Implementation Plan 94-1, Revision 2

February 16, 2000

DOE Completion of Commitment 113, Polycubes Stabilization Path Forward, Implementation Plan for Board Recommendation 94-1, Revision 2

December 6, 1999

Board Acceptance of the Proposed Revisions to DOE's Long-Term Plutonium Storage Standard, DOE-STD-3013-99, Stabilization, Packaging, and Storage of Plutonium-Bearing Materials

November 15, 1999

Board Response to DOE's Reply to the Board's Letter Dated September 22, 1999, Regarding Issues Discussed During the Recent Public Meeting on Recommendation 94-1

November 12, 1999

DOE Savannah River Site (SRS) Actions Taken to Increase Seismic Safety Margin

November 5, 1999

DOE Report on the Early Completion of Commitment 302, Implementation Plan 94-1

October 15, 1999

DOE Replies to Questions on Issues Discussed During the 94-1 Public Meeting held on September 9, 1999

September 22, 1999

Board Comments on the Necessary Actions to Resolve Issues Hindering Implementation of Recommendation 94-1

September 20, 1999

DOE Response to July 8, 1999, Board Letter Concerning Completion of the Hanford Spent Nuclear Fuel Project

September 2, 1999

DOE Reporting the On-Schedule Completion and Proposed Closure of Commitment 310 for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 30, 1999

DOE Commitment 301 for Recommendation 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 22, 1999

DOE Update to the Integrated Project Management Plan for the Recommendation 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 2, 1999

DOE Report on Issues Related to Material Stabilization Activities at Savannah River Site

June 14, 1999

DOE Completion of a Commitment for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

May 27, 1999

Board Expectations for DOE to Further Address Stabilization Plans for Neptunium Solutions, Plutonium Metals and Oxides

May 14, 1999

Board re: Construction of the Actinide Packaging and Storage Facility at the Savannah River Site

May 10, 1999

DOE Construction at the SRS of the Actinide Packaging and Storage Facility for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

April 12, 1999

DOE Completed Commitments for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

March 26, 1999

DOE Response to Board Letter Dated January 28, 1999, Regarding the Conditional Acceptance of the 94-1 Implementation Plan

February 26, 1999

DOE Commitment to Remove Uranium Deposits from the Auxiliary Charcoal Bed of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

January 28, 1999

Board Accepts the 94-1 Implementation Plan with Conditions, and Issues a 60 Day Reporting Requirement on the Effects of Delays in Construction of the Actinide Packaging and Storage Facility at Savannah River

December 28, 1998

94-1 Implementation Plan, Revision 1

November 15, 1998

Board Concerns the Future of the F-Canyon and H-Canyon Chemical Processing Facilities at Savannah River Site

October 20, 1998

DOE Technical Update of the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 94-1

October 8, 1998

Board Comments on the DOE's Technical Update on Recommendation 94-1

October 2, 1998

Secretary Memorandum Regarding Expectations in Revising the 94-1 Implementation Plan

September 11, 1998

DOE Forwards its Response to a Board Letter Regarding PFP (Recommendation 94-1)

September 9, 1998

Report on the Status of Recommendation 94-1 Milestones at the PFP and its Efforts in Place to Improve the Readiness Review Process

September 2, 1998

Technical Update per the 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 30, 1998

DOE Provides Update on Current Status of Milestones and Plans to Revise the 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 6, 1998

DOE Regards Board Staff Obervations Regarding Schedule Performance per the 94-1 Implementation Plan

June 26, 1998

Board Letter Regarding the DOE's Budget Currently being Applied to the Hanford Cleanup Effort in Response to Recommendation 94-1

June 23, 1998

DOE Forwards the Quarterly Report for the Period of January 1 through March 31, 1998, per the 94-1 Implementation Plan

June 5, 1998

Board Letter Regarding Measures Taken to Ship Plutonium-Bearing Compounds per the 94-1 Implementation Plan

June 2, 1998

DOE Forwards Material Committed to at the May 7, 1998, Public Meeting on Recommendation 94-1

May 5, 1998

DOE Letter Concerning Progress Made on the 94-1 Implementation Plan

April 15, 1998

Board Accepts the DOE Proposal to Delete Three Milestones from the 94-1 Implementation Plan

February 27, 1998

DOE Consolidated Annual Report of Activities Related to the 94-1 and 97-1 Implementation Plans

January 13, 1998

Completion of Implementation Plan 94-1 Milestone

January 9, 1998

DOE Forwards Detailed Discussion of the Three Remaining SRS 94-1 Milestones

December 31, 1997

DOE Informs the Board of a Change to Implementation Plan 94-1

December 8, 1997

Board Comments on the Rate of Progress on Complex-Wide Integration of Actions Responding to Recommendation 94-1

November 18, 1997

Board Forwarding Technical Report DNFSB/TECH-17, Review of the Hanford Spent Nuclear Fuel Project (Recommendation 94-1)

November 3, 1997

DOE Tenth Quarterly Report for July 1 - September 31, 1997 for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

October 29, 1997

DOE Changes to Recommendation 94-1 for the Safe storage of Potentially Critical Materials at Two Facilities at the Oak Ridge Reservation

September 30, 1997

DOE Proposed Modifications to Rocky Flats Commitments for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

September 22, 1997

DOE Quarterly Report for April 1 - June 30, 1997, for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

September 18, 1997

DOE Commitments for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

September 2, 1997

Board Agrees with DOE Changes to the 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 21, 1997

DOE Proposed Modifications to Provisions within the 94-1 Implementation Plan

May 12, 1997

DOE Progress on the 94-1 Implementation Plan

April 30, 1997

DOE Eighth Quarterly Report for the Recommendation 94-1 Implementation Plan

January 31, 1997

DOE Annual Report for the 94-1 Implementation Plan (for the Period March 1 - December 31, 1996)

November 5, 1996

DOE Notifying Board of Missed Milestones, 3.2-012 and 3.2-021 for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

October 28, 1996

DOE Sixth Quarterly Report (June 1 - August 31, 1996) for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

August 1, 1996

DOE Assignment of Hank Dalton to Rocky Flats Field Office

July 20, 1996

Board Grants an Extension for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 2, 1996

DOE Fifth Quarterly Report for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 1, 1996

DOE Report on the Facility Utilization Strategy for H-Canyon at Savannah River Site for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

May 15, 1996

Board re: Highly Enriched Uranium Processing at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant

May 7, 1996

DOE re: Proposed Changes to the 94-1 Implementation Plan re: Rocky Flat's Stabilization of Plutonium Solutions Program

April 26, 1996

DOE Changes to the 94-1 Implementation Plan

April 23, 1996

DOE 94-1 Annual Report (February 28, 1995 - February 29, 1996)

April 9, 1996

Board Response to the DOE's Evaluation of New Information Regarding Seismic Analyses Supporting the Existing Authorization Bases for SRS's F- and H-Canyon (Rec. 94)

April 2, 1996

DOE Addresses Current Schedule for Stabilizing Pu Solutions at Rocky Flats

March 15, 1996

DOE Plutonium Ventilation System Study Report

March 1, 1996

DOE Rocky Flats Solid Residue Stabilization Recovery Plan for Recommendation 94-1

January 31, 1996

Board Requests a Detailed Recovery Plan on the Delays in the Implementation of Recommendation 94-1

January 23, 1996

Board Requests Report Describing the DOE's Plans to Define the Future Status of H-Canyon at Savannah River

December 7, 1995

DOE Forwards Report on the F-Canyon and H-Canyon at SRS

November 30, 1995

DOE Quarterly Report June to August 1995 per the 94-1 Implementation Plan

November 15, 1995

Board Forwards Further Views with Respect to the Mark 16 and 22 Fuel Elements (Recommendation 94-1)

November 9, 1995

Board Forwards DNFSB/TECH-7 Report of the Stabilization of Deteriorating Mark 16 and Mark 22 Aluminum-Alloy Spent Nuclear Fuel at the Savannah River

November 7, 1995

DOE Reports 4-Week Delay in Completion of Milestone 3.2-020 per the 94-1 Implementation Plan

August 11, 1995

Board Staff Letter Forwarding Comments on Draft Standards, Criteria for Safe Storage of Plutonium-Bearing Materials

July 19, 1995

DOE Forwards the Quarterly Report per the 94-1 Implementation Plan

May 5, 1995

Board Accepts Revision 1 of the 94-1 Implementation Plan

DOE Implementation Plan Due

February 28, 1995

December 5, 1994

DOE Forwards the Recommendation 94-1 Implementation Plan

November 15, 1994

Board Comments on Activities at the Plutonium Finishing Plant at Hanford

Public Comment on DOE Response Due

October 6, 1994

DOE Response Printed in Federal Register

September 6, 1994

DOE Response Due

September 1, 1994

DOE Response Received

August 31, 1994

July 18, 1994

DOE Requests a 45-Day Extension for the 94-1 Implementation Plan

July 6, 1994

Board Commends Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company and DOE-Idaho Staff on Safe Operation to Date

Public Comment Due

July 5, 1994

Recommendation Printed in Federal Register

June 3, 1994

Recommendation Delivered to DOE

May 26, 1994

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Improved Schedule for Remediation in the Defense Nuclear Facilities Complex

Recommendation 1994-1

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