[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

Oak Ridge Operations Office

 

May 4, 2004

 

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 the completion of a commitment contained in the Department’s 2000-1 Implementation Plan (IP) pertaining to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  The specific commitment (Number 401) is stated in the IP as follows:

 

Repackage all plutonium metals and oxides to meet the metal and oxide storage standard by May, 2003.

 

ORNL completed the material disposition effort in March 2004 as described in the enclosed letter.

 

The enclosed summary describes the technical aspects of the material disposition associated with completion of Commitment 401.

 

If there are any questions, please contact me at (865) 576-4444 or George J. Malosh at (865) 576-4523.

 

Sincerely,

 

Gerald G. Boyd

Manager

 

Enclosure

 

cc w/enclosure:

M. B. Whitaker, DR-I, HQ/FORS