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Summary
This position serves as the Technical Director at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
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Overview
- Job canceled
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Open & closing dates
07/08/2024 to 08/20/2024
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Salary
$147,649 - $221,900 per year
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Pay scale & grade
ES 00
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Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
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Remote job
No
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Telework eligible
Yes—This position is Telework eligible based on Agency policy and supervisor approval.
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Travel Required
Occasional travel - Approximately once per quarter.
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Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes— You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
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Appointment type
Permanent - Permanent - Career
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Work schedule
Full-time - Permanent
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Service
Senior Executive
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Promotion potential
00
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Job family (Series)
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Supervisory status
Yes
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Security clearance
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Drug test
Yes
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Position sensitivity and risk
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Trust determination process
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Announcement number
OEDO-2024-0003
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Control number
798807400
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This job is open to
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The public
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
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Senior executives
Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Clarification from the agency
This job is open to the public.
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Duties
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Participates in executive direction of agency efforts, including policy determinations, policy making, and resource management and provides expert technical guidance to the Executive Director of Operations and the Board Members.
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Plans, directs, and manages the efforts of professional engineers and scientists responsible for reviewing and evaluating the technical adequacy of complex processes and systems of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) defense nuclear facilities.
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Interacts closely with the Executive Director of Operations, Board Members, and senior DNFSB leaders to resolve and recommend resolution of agency policy and programmatic issues at the highest level.
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Maintains systems to monitor, control, and evaluate technical work.
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Ensures subordinate supervisors identify and correct problems, improve operations, and meet organizational deadlines. Communicates agency organizational goals and objectives and develops staff through personal leadership, assignments, and training.
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Interacts with DOE officials and contractors, scientific groups and committees, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, other Federal agencies, and state and local governments to assist the Board in assessing DOE activities and in developing Board analysis, advice, and Recommendations to the Secretary of Energy.
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Reviews DOE’s implementation plans for compliance with Board Recommendations. Analyzes and assesses the adequacy of DOE’s systems engineering approach to the design, construction, operation, and decommissioning of defense nuclear facilities. Identifies and proposes DOE facilities, activities and programs for Board review that would be of major importance to the Board and the nation and have the potential for significantly affecting the National Security of the country.
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Reviews work products of colleagues, consultants, contractors, and others. Serves as primary or secondary author of Board technical issue papers.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- U.S. Citizenship Required.
- Incumbents of this position will be required to complete and maintain a background investigation with Security Clearance (T5/Q Access).
- Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
- This position may require travel away from your normal duty station.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Must be able to submit and pass designated and Random Drug Testing as required.
- Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) is required within 30 days of appointment.
Qualifications
As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership that is indicative of senior executive level management capability. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent in the private sector.
Failure to address all Mandatory Technical and Executive Core Qualification factors will result in determining your application to be "not qualified."
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): Applicants must submit a written narrative to address the five (5) ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately and should contain at least two examples per ECQ describing your experience and accomplishments/results. The narrative should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibility, the scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives undertaken, and the results of your actions. Applicants should not enter "Refer to Resume" as a written narrative. The narrative must not exceed 10 pages.
NOTE: Current career SES members, former career SES members with reinstatement eligibility, and SES Candidate Development Program graduates who have been certified by OPM do NOT need to address the ECQs.
1. Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
2. Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
3. Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
4. Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
5. Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
Additional information about the SES and Executive Core Qualifications can be found on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) SES Website. You are strongly encouraged to review OPM's Guide to SES Qualifications for specific examples and guidance on writing effective ECQ narrative statements. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result (C-C-A-R) model outlined in the guide.
Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs)
Applicants are required to submit a narrative statement for each MTQ. MTQs are designed to assess an applicant’s experience relevant to the specific position requirements. Each MTQ narrative statement must 1) not exceed two pages; 2) include specific examples of your experience, education, and/or accomplishments; and 3) address specific challenges, contexts, actions, and results.
MTQ1 – Demonstrated experience and skill in the technical management and leadership of multidisciplinary senior technical and professional personnel in planning and executing complex technical programs.
MTQ2 – Demonstrated experience and ability in reviewing and evaluating engineering issues of significantly complex scope and effect as they relate to (a) the safety of processes and systems at nuclear facilities and (b) nuclear facility safety management programs.
MTQ3 – Demonstrated experience and ability to balance and mediate competing technical demands, expectations, and perspectives among senior officials, multidisciplinary technical and professional personnel, and external entities.
Education
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
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B. Combination of education and experience - College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
If you do not meet the education requirement, your application will be assigned a "not qualified" status.
Additional information
Telework may be approved at the discretion of the supervisor, per agency policy.
Veterans' preference does not apply to the Senior Executive Service (SES).
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
DNFSB offers flexible work schedules, 11 paid holidays, financial subsidies to employees who use public transportation to commute, in-house training, fitness center reimbursement, alternative work schedules (AWS) and telework opportunities, and eligibility for performance awards. DNFSB also offers attractive health, life, and long-term care insurance programs, and employee health insurance contributions are made on a pre-tax basis. In addition, employees are covered by a three-tier retirement system that includes a pre-tax retirement program with matching funds. Click on the following link to learn more about Federal benefits programs at the DNFSB.
https://www.dnfsb.gov/careers/benefits-pay
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Upon receipt of your completed application package, your application will be reviewed to ensure you meet the qualification requirements described above. Our determination will be based on your separate narrative statement responses to the Executive Core Qualifications and Mandatory Technical Qualifications using the CCAR Model in addition to the information stated in your resume and transcript(s). If you are among the best qualified applicants, your application may be referred to the Selecting Official for consideration. Interviews are exclusively at the discretion of the Selecting Official.
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Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
DNFSB offers flexible work schedules, 11 paid holidays, financial subsidies to employees who use public transportation to commute, in-house training, fitness center reimbursement, alternative work schedules (AWS) and telework opportunities, and eligibility for performance awards. DNFSB also offers attractive health, life, and long-term care insurance programs, and employee health insurance contributions are made on a pre-tax basis. In addition, employees are covered by a three-tier retirement system that includes a pre-tax retirement program with matching funds. Click on the following link to learn more about Federal benefits programs at the DNFSB.
https://www.dnfsb.gov/careers/benefits-pay
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Documents
As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
- A resume. Applicants should provide the following information in their resume:
- Job Announcement number
- Full name, e-mail and mailing address, and contact telephone number
- Educational information including the name, city, and state of the colleges or universities you attended, as well as the type of any degree received. Please include your major and/or minor for each degree received. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Information about your paid and non-paid work experience related to this position including job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, duration of employment, and salary.
- Information about honors, awards, and special accomplishments.
- Executive Core Qualifications: A narrative statement specifically addressing each ECQ. The statement must not exceed 10 pages total and should meet the requirements described above. NOTE: If you are graduate from an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program or are a current or former Career Senior Executive Service member, you do not need to provide a statement addressing the ECQs.
- Mandatory Technical Qualifications: A narrative statement specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification. The statement must not exceed two (2) pages per technical qualification and should meet the requirements described above.
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A legible copy of your unofficial transcript(s) which contains the name of the accredited educational institution, academic major, course titles, number of credits, grades, cumulative GPA, courses currently in progress (if applicable), date of completion, and degree conferred (if degree is completed). If you fail to submit a transcript(s) with your application, you will be considered not qualified and will no longer be considered. Applicants are highly encouraged to proactively order a copy of their official transcripts to be delivered to their home address, so transcripts will be readily available if selected. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- A copy of your most recent performance appraisal noting your rating or equivalent.
- If you are a current or former non-SES Federal employee, your most recent SF 50 documenting your tenure, position title, series, and pay.
- If you are a OPM QRB certified SES Candidate Development Program graduate, your OPM certificate of QRB ECQ approval.
- If you are a current Senior Executive or individual with SES reinstatement eligibility, your most recent SF-50 that documents your career appointment status in the SES.
Candidates who do not submit complete application packages will be eliminated from consideration.
All materials submitted with your resume become the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned.
DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Extraneous materials such as award certificates will not be considered.
How to Apply
**You MUST apply online. Online applications allow you to review and track the status of your application. **
Your complete application package must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on the closing date in order to be considered. Please read all instructions before you begin. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Applicants are responsible for verifying that their application package is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.
To update your application at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account. There you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Update Application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement closes.
To verify the status of your application both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account. All of your applications will appear on the Welcome page. The application record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Application Information page that provides information regarding the documentation you submitted and any correspondence we have sent related to this application. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/
Agency contact information
Deborah Biscieglia
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Ave ,NW
Suite 700
Washington, District of Columbia 20004
United States
Next steps
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Applicants will be notified about the status of their application.
After all application packages have been received, we will review your application to ensure you meet the qualification requirements. You will be notified if you do not meet the qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets qualifications on the information provided and may interview the best qualified applicants. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct a suitability and/or security background investigation.
The Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) of the selectee are subject to prior approval by the Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Review Board (OPM QRB). Unless you have already been certified by an OPM QRB, your ECQs must be certified by an OPM QRB before your appointment can occur.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
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Required Documents
- A resume. Applicants should provide the following information in their resume:
- Job Announcement number
- Full name, e-mail and mailing address, and contact telephone number
- Educational information including the name, city, and state of the colleges or universities you attended, as well as the type of any degree received. Please include your major and/or minor for each degree received. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Information about your paid and non-paid work experience related to this position including job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, duration of employment, and salary.
- Information about honors, awards, and special accomplishments.
- Executive Core Qualifications: A narrative statement specifically addressing each ECQ. The statement must not exceed 10 pages total and should meet the requirements described above. NOTE: If you are graduate from an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program or are a current or former Career Senior Executive Service member, you do not need to provide a statement addressing the ECQs.
- Mandatory Technical Qualifications: A narrative statement specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification. The statement must not exceed two (2) pages per technical qualification and should meet the requirements described above.
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A legible copy of your unofficial transcript(s) which contains the name of the accredited educational institution, academic major, course titles, number of credits, grades, cumulative GPA, courses currently in progress (if applicable), date of completion, and degree conferred (if degree is completed). If you fail to submit a transcript(s) with your application, you will be considered not qualified and will no longer be considered. Applicants are highly encouraged to proactively order a copy of their official transcripts to be delivered to their home address, so transcripts will be readily available if selected. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- A copy of your most recent performance appraisal noting your rating or equivalent.
- If you are a current or former non-SES Federal employee, your most recent SF 50 documenting your tenure, position title, series, and pay.
- If you are a OPM QRB certified SES Candidate Development Program graduate, your OPM certificate of QRB ECQ approval.
- If you are a current Senior Executive or individual with SES reinstatement eligibility, your most recent SF-50 that documents your career appointment status in the SES.
Candidates who do not submit complete application packages will be eliminated from consideration.
All materials submitted with your resume become the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned.
DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Extraneous materials such as award certificates will not be considered.
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Learn more about this agency
How to Apply
**You MUST apply online. Online applications allow you to review and track the status of your application. **
Your complete application package must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on the closing date in order to be considered. Please read all instructions before you begin. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Applicants are responsible for verifying that their application package is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.
To update your application at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account. There you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Update Application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement closes.
To verify the status of your application both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account. All of your applications will appear on the Welcome page. The application record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Application Information page that provides information regarding the documentation you submitted and any correspondence we have sent related to this application. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/
Agency contact information
Deborah Biscieglia
- Address
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Ave ,NW
Suite 700
Washington, District of Columbia 20004
United States
Next steps
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Applicants will be notified about the status of their application.
After all application packages have been received, we will review your application to ensure you meet the qualification requirements. You will be notified if you do not meet the qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets qualifications on the information provided and may interview the best qualified applicants. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct a suitability and/or security background investigation.
The Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) of the selectee are subject to prior approval by the Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Review Board (OPM QRB). Unless you have already been certified by an OPM QRB, your ECQs must be certified by an OPM QRB before your appointment can occur.
Fair & Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) is an independent agency within the executive branch of the United States Government that performs independent safety oversight of the defense nuclear complex operated by the Department of Energy. The DNFSB provides safety recommendations and advice to the President and the Secretary of Energy to help ensure these defense nuclear facilities are designed, built, operated, and eventually decommissioned in a manner that poses no undue risks to workers at the facilities and the public. The Technical Director plans, directs, and implements the work of five divisions DNFSB’s safety oversight of the nuclear facilities that store, treat, and dispose of the radioactive legacy of nuclear weapon production dating back to World War II, including safety oversight of the decommissioning of obsolete nuclear facilities; develops advice and recommendations for improving the safety of those facilities; and presents safety oversight findings and recommendations to the agency’s Board Members for communication to the Secretary of Energy.
Agency contact information
Deborah Biscieglia
- Address
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Ave ,NW
Suite 700
Washington, District of Columbia 20004
United States