[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
March 30, 2006
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, SW.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
In the Department of Energy’s
(DOE) Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2005-1, Nuclear Material Packing,
we committed to
issue a repacking risk methodology
in Commitment No. 5.3-2. The enclosure
provides the deliverable for that commitment.
The enclosure consists of a memorandum to the site managers introducing
the requirements that will be forthcoming later this year regarding packing of
nuclear materials for interim storage and a copy of the document referenced in
the memorandum entitled, Methodology
for Determining repacking Needs and Prioritization for Repackaging Nuclear
Materials.
Please contact me at (202)
586-6151 if you have questions or comments.
Sincerely,
C. Russell H. Shearer
Acting Assistant Secretary for
Environment, Safety and Health
cc: R. Hardwick, EH-2
R. Stark, EH-2
M. Whitaker, DR-1
C. Lagdon, US-1
J. McConnell, NA-1