[SOE LETTERHEAD]

January 19, 2001

The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004

Dear Mr. Chairman:

Enclosed is Revision 1 of the Department's Implementation Plan for stabilization of the nuclear materials identified in Recommendation 2000-1. The primary purpose of this revision is to incorporate the plans and schedule for stabilizing nuclear materials at Los Alamos National Laboratory in order to complete the implementation plan which was provided to you in June 2000. This revision also updates the current status of, and changes to, several commitments from the June 2000 plan. Those changes were previously described to you in a letter dated November 22, 2000, from the Department's 2000-1 Responsible Manager.

We continue to closely track progress on all stabilization commitments and are pleased to be able to continue to show measurable progress at several sites. Of note is the initiation of spent nuclear fuel movement from the K-Basins at the Hanford site. We will keep you and your staff apprized of our progress in meeting the commitments in this plan. If you have any questions, please contact me or have your staff contact Mr. David Huizenga on (202) 586-5151.

Yours sincerely,

Bill Richardson

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