NA-2017-CSO-01, Approval of Delegation of Nuclear Safety Authority

Department of Energy wn He ES National Nuclear Security Administration National Nuclear Security A Washington, DC 20585 May 9, 2017 MEMORANDUM FOR GEOFFREY L. BEAUSOLEIL MANAGER NNSA PRODUCTION OFFICE FROM: PATRICK T. CAHALANE fer Oo Cl COGNIZANT SECRETARIAL OFFICER FOR SAFETY SUBJECT: Approval of Delegation of Nuclear Safety Authority REFERENCES: (1) Memorandum from G. Beausoleil to P. Cahalane, “Request for Delegation of Nuclear Safety Authority,” April 7, 2017 (2) NNSA Business Operating Procedure 07.01, Delegations of Nuclear Safety Authority, October 28, 2014 (3) Memorandum from G. Beausoleil to J. McConnell, “Corrective Action Plan regarding Management Concern on the Technical Qualification Program from the Final Report of the National Nuclear Safety Administration Production Office Biennial Review of Nuclear Safety Performance, dated September 2, 2016,” January 26, 2017 By memorandum (Reference 1) dated April 7, 2017, you requested nuclear safety delegations for Safety Design Basis Approval Authority for new Hazard Category 2 and 3 nuclear facilities or major modifications and Safety Basis Approval Authority for new or existing Hazard Category 2 and 3 nuclear facilities. I approve your request for Safety Design Basis and Safety Basis Approval Authority for the Pantex Plant and the Y- 12 National Security Complex. This memorandum documents my approval of the requested delegation. Your qualifications and experience were evaluated according to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) procedure for delegating nuclear safety authority (Reference 2). A detailed evaluation of your qualification and experience for the requested nuclear safety authorities was performed by my staff in the Office of Safety. The staffs evaluation, attached, determined that you meet all of the requirements; therefore, no compensatory measures are required to grant the requested delegation. The NNSA Production Office’s (NPO’s) capabilities, capacities, and framework to support your request for exercising delegated nuclear safety authorities were recently evaluated during the Headquarters Biennial Review (BR) of the office’s nuclear safety performance conducted from April through June 2016. The BR team reviewed NPO’s exercise of delegated nuclear safety authority in the area of Safety Basis and other related functional areas. The BR team determined that persons within NPO with delegated safety authority are adequately supported by its staff. However, the Technical Qualification Program was graded as “Does Not Meet Expectations” because the lack of an effective program could lead to a degradation in NPO’s ability to support delegated safety authority. The performance deficiency in NPO’s program was included in the BR team’s final report as a management concern. On January 26, 2017, your office provided for information the strategy and corrective action plan (Reference 3) for addressing the management concern identified in the 2016 review. The Office of Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety reviewed the plan and determined that the actions would address the management concern. Therefore, in accordance with the authorities granted to me as the NNSA Cognizant Secretarial Officer for Safety, I delegate the following safety design basis and safety basis approval authorities to you: (1) Safety Design Basis Approval Authority for new Hazard Category 2 and 3 nuclear facilities or major modifications (Safety Design Strategies, Conceptual Safety Design Reports, Preliminary Safety Design Reports, Preliminary Documented Safety Analyses, and their associated approval bases documents).

(2) Safety Basis Approval Authority for new or existing Hazard Category 2 and 3 nuclear facilities (Documented Safety Analyses, Technical Safety Requirements, Unreviewed Safety Question procedures, Justifications for Continued Operation, Evaluations of the Safety of the Situation, and Safety Evaluation Reports). Previously delegated authorities for Startup Authority for new Hazard Category 3 nuclear facilities and high-hazard non-nuclear facilities, and Restart Authority for Hazard Category 2 and 3 nuclear facilities (including nuclear explosive operations) and high- hazard non-nuclear facilities, remain in effect. As specified in DOE-STD-1104-2014, Review and Approval of Nuclear Facility Safety Basis and Safety Design Basis Documents, the delegated authorities extended above exclude circumstances where no viable control strategy exists in an existing facility to prevent or mitigate the offsite dose consequence of one or more of the accident scenarios from exceeding the Evaluation Guideline. These delegations remain valid while you serve in your current position and maintain the required qualifications. These delegations may not be further re-delegated. Attachment cc: J. McConnell, NA-50 T. Robbins, NPO D. Sigg, NA-51 G. Hatchett, NA-51 J. Roberson, NA-51 C. Sykes, NA-511 D. Schwendenman, NA-512 740 T adeq ‘pajesajap Ajsnoiaaad sem Aysouyne yejysoy pue dnyejs ‘pasinbau yOu Ss} uo}esajap siy} Jo jeAoudde JO} BdDUdIINIUOD ‘Sainpao0id ayenbapeul JO Jo ye] 0} aNp a19M (SIWS] PU UO!ID9}01d dJI4) sease JaY}0 Ul SaSsauyeaM “YG SND OdN vTOZ 24} Wo Jeadas e SEM SIU ‘wajsAs JuUaWaseuUeW SANSs! dAI}AJa ue aAey JOU 0} OdN PUNO} T-I/W ‘T-DIN pue T-DIW Susadu09 juawaseuey Ul palyjijuap! se ‘9TOZ Ul payNpuod MaiAad jeluUaIg SNGD VSNN 24} u! ,SU0!}e}Iadxq Jaa) 1ON pid,, Saijioeded ays ayenbapy ‘Malnod ‘saljoyne payesajap ay} JUawa|du! 0} ‘Zulpunj pue sadinosas ajyenbape Se |JaM Se ‘Sainpadoid pue sassad0ud 40 )4OMaWwe4 Jadoid ay} sey uoljeziuess0 S ayepipued ay} aayM ‘uolesajap S14} JO} S}UdWaIINbaL JJe SJoaw jlajosneag “sI\ "6002 U! 174N Pajajdwos A\jnjssaaons jlajosneag ‘uJ “B8TOZ? YEW ul UOHZeIIIJeENbas 404 anp Sainpas0jd uoljsany Ajajyes pamaiAaiun (¢) uolzesadQ panuljuosd 40} suoneayisne (7) Uo!eNS BY} JO Ajajes ay} JO suoljenjenq (¢) sjuawasinbay Ayajes yeniuysa] (Z) sasAjeuy Ajayes pajuawinso0qg (T) :0} sad3ueyo uanbasqns pue jo sjeqqyiuuqns jeiiu! aAoudde ‘saiyi9ey seajonu Aquouyny ji > € pue Z Asodajze5 puezey suljsixa 40 Mau 404 (q) : apew aq AjUO |JeYs SUO!}esa|9q si pue e se Juawnd pue JestuysoL aeons (9d (2) | sip ny : P sasAjeuy Ajajes pajyuawnsog Ayeulwuijaid (1) jesquay ‘payeSajap Sulaq saijuoyyne ayy PORUENOS| Pejosneey Hi -Auoyne | 10 2PIPUeD B42 Loddhs 04 asiadxe ‘MOINou sHoday uBiseg Ajajes Areulumjaud (€) : ue ‘aouaadxa ‘suoieoyiyenb jo uoneSajap p ! 1ZED141| (17aN) Sulures) diyssapeaq suoday udisag Ajajes jenjdaouo0) (Z) S14} JO} ASS iO Aon Sess ASS uol}Ndexq JeajONN $aida}e1}S usisaq Ajajes (T) . (Sda}UdD JdIAJaS BIA ‘aj}dwexa . : : sjuawasinba ye aduepuayje |njssavons (Z) . au) slau 404) 0} ssad9e sey JO Sassassod :s}uawind0p ue sa8eueyy uoljeziuesso S ayepipued ay} a1ayM “payyenb (WSLS) sadeueyy saseq jeAosdde pajeisosse 4194} pue BuIMo}|O} P OdN ay se apew aq Ajuo |jeys suoiesajaq (T) Ayayes jen1uYyda] JOIUaS (T) ay} arojdde ‘saiyioey weajonu € pue Z Auo8a}e) samas Ajjuaaind :Ayoedes pue Ajyiqedeo ‘ayedojap PARLE} Gt SUCH ES POU! J0[0N J6.snet AO (2) jlajosneag “4 | Jeuoieziuessio sO} 71839 TO ZO dod JO} C195 L020 dod ssiseg UOI}EZNOYNY ‘T synsaJ sjuawWWwo7 S}NSIJ MAIAAJ PUR P1919 JUS paysanbay uonesajaq

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