[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
January
5, 2004
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC
20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The purpose of this letter is to inform the
Board on actions related to the electrical and lightning protection systems for
the K-Area Material Storage Facility, Building 235-F, and FB-Line at the
Savannah River Site, as requested in your July 10, 2003, letter. Your letter focused on issues identified
during a staff review that is part of an overall safety assessment undertaken
in response to the Public Law 107-314, Section 3183, Study of Facilities for Storage of Plutonium and Plutonium Materials at
Savannah River Site.
The enclosed contains specific responses to
issues in the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Issue Report dated June
24, 2003, forwarded
by your letter. The work described in
the enclosure will be statused as part of the Department’s
response to your overall safety assessment.
As delineated in Secretary Abraham’s letter
of November 10, 2003, the Department will take all steps necessary to assure that these
facilities will continue to operate safely as mission needs evolve. If you have any further questions, please
contact me at (202) 586-0738.
Sincerely,
Paul M. Golan
Chief Operating Officer
Office of Environmental Management
Enclosure
cc: w/encl:
Mark B. Whitaker, DR-1
Jeffrey M. Allison, SR