[DOE LETTERHEAD]
NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
November 12, 2002
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, N. W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
In a letter to you dated May 17, 2002, Dr.
Beckner committed to provide some additional information on the Sandia
Underground Reactor Facility (SURF) design as soon as this information was
reviewed, verified, and ready for independent review.� I have since decided to cancel the SURF project and want to
formally close the aforementioned letter commitment.
If you have any questions, please contact me
at 202-586-0568, or have your staff contact Mr. Ken Kellar at 30l-903-8046.
Sincerely,
David H. Crandall
Assistant Deputy Administrator
for Research, Development, and Simulation
Defense Programs
cc:
M. Whitaker, S-3.1
E. Beckner, NA-10
L. Brooks, NA-1