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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is an
Departmental Representative to the Board
Nuclear safety and security Nuclear weapons infrastructure of the United States 1988 establishments in Washington, D.C. Independent agencies of the United States government {{US-mil-stub
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is an independent agency of the United States government
Independent agencies of the United States federal government are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary) and the Executive Office of the President. In a narrower sense, the term refers ...
based in Washington, D.C.
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Established in 1988, the DNFSB oversees the nuclear weapons
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb ...
complex administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. The DNFSB is independent of the Department of Energy. The DNFSB's most important power is its ability to give recommendations to the Secretary of Energy
The United States secretary of energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and fifteenth in the presidential line of succession. The position was created on October 1, 1977, when Pr ...
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See also
*Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations is one of 50 titles composing the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and contains the principal set of rules and regulations issued by federal agencies regarding nuclear energy. It is availabl ...
*Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world's third deep geological repository (after Germany's Repository for radioactive waste Morsleben and the Schacht Asse II salt mine) licensed to store transuranic radioactive waste for 10,000 ...
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*Departmental Representative to the Board
Nuclear safety and security Nuclear weapons infrastructure of the United States 1988 establishments in Washington, D.C. Independent agencies of the United States government {{US-mil-stub