[DOE LETTERHEAD]
February 26, 2002
The Honorable John T. Conway
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, N. W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
With this letter I am pleased to report completion of
an overdue commitment from the Department of Energy 2000-1 Implementation Plan,
Stabilization and Storage of Nuclear Material.� The following commitment is proposed for closure:
�������� 201 ��� Begin converting pre-existing H-Canyon
Pu-239 solution to oxide.
Conversion of the solution to oxide began in HB-Line
Phase II on January 23, 2002.
We continue to closely track progress on all
Recommendation 2000-1 commitments and will keep you and your staff apprised of
our progress.� If you have any
questions, please contact me or have your staff call me at (301) 903-7130.
Sincerely,
Patrice M. Bubar
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
� for
Integration and Disposition
Office of Environmental Management
cc:
Mark Whitaker, S-3.1