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Home > Board Activities > Recommendations > Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy

# Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy

### Recommendation   2012-2

## Document

rec_2012-2_20376.pdf

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## Timeline (2012 - 2020)

## 2020

July 15, 2020Closure of Recommendation 2012-2, Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy

## 2019

November 25, 2019DOE letter notifying the Board that DOE has completed Actions 

## 2018

December 21, 2018DOE letter informing the Board of schedule delays

November 6, 2018DOE letter informing the Board that DOE has completed Action 3-1 

July 23, 2018DOE letter informing the Board that DOE has completed Action 2-2 

## 2017

December 11, 2017DOE letter informing the Board of the status of activities for Action 3-1 

## 2016

December 27, 2016DOE Letter Revising Expected Completion Date for Board Recommendation 2012-2 Action 3-1

September 16, 2016Recommendation 2012-2 Update Letter

March 24, 2016DOE letter transmitting the revised Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2012-2, Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy

## 2015

October 27, 2015DOE letter responding to the Board letter of December 5, 2014, and transmitting its evaluation of the streamlined approach to upgrade the Double-Shell Tank primary ventilation system at the Hanford site..

October 26, 2015Recommendation 2012-2 Update Letter 

February 6, 2015DOE letter transmitting deliverable for Action 5-1 of the Implementation Plan

## 2014

December 5, 2014Board Recommendation 2012-2 Implementation Plan

October 30, 2014DOE letter providing a clarification to the letter dated September 10, 2014, regarding deliverable 1-2 of the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2012-2, Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy.

September 10, 2014DOE Office of River Protection Transmittal of Board Recommendation 2012-2 Implementation Plan Deliverable for Action 1-3

September 10, 2014DOE letter transmitting deliverable 1-2 of the Implementation Plan 

August 29, 2014DOE Letter enclosing a Summary of the Changes in the Expected Delivery Dates for Certain Deliverables Contained in the DOE's Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2012-2, Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy

March 19, 2014DOE Office of River Protection Transmittal of Board Recommendation 2012-2 Implementation Plan Deliverable for Action 4-2

January 31, 2014DOE letter transmitting deliverable 2-1 of the Implementation Plan 

## 2013

July 17, 2013

June 6, 2013DOE Implementation Plan for Board Recommendation 2012-2

April 19, 2013DOE Takes an Extension of 45 Days to Complete the Implementation Plan (IP) for Board Recommendation 2012-2, Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy

April 1, 2013Board Perspective on the State of Nuclear Safety at the Hanford Site

March 4, 2013DOE Notification that the Upgrade of the Tank Farms Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) was Completed on February 21, 2013

February 21, 2013

January 22, 2013

January 10, 2013

January 9, 2013

January 7, 2013DOE Acknowledges Receipt of and Accepts Board Recommendation 2012-2, Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy

## 2012

November 27, 2012DOE Requests an Additional 45 Days to Develop its Response to Recommendation 2012-2, Hanford Tank Farms Flammable Gas Safety Strategy

November 13, 2012

October 12, 2012

September 28, 2012

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