[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

December 4, 2003

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004-2091

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of completion of the Commitment 208 of Revision 2 to the Implementation Plan for Stabilization and Storage of Nuclear Material for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2000-l, July 2002.

 

Commitment 208 is to begin operation of the new furnaces and high firing plutonium oxide for stabilization and packaging to DOE-STD-3013. �This activity was started on October 25, 2003. �If you have any questions, please call me at (202) 586-7709 or Mr. Paul Golan, Chief Operating Officer, at (202) 586-0738.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jessie Hill Roberson

Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Management

 

cc: �Mark Whitaker, DR-1

Jeffrey M. Allison, SR