[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
OFFICE
OF RIVER PROTECTION
December 8, 2004
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Facilities Nuclear
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Suite
700
Washington, DC 20003-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE),
OFFICE OF RIVER PROTECTION (ORP) RESPONSES TO THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SAFETY BOARD (DNFSB) CONCERNS
This letter is in response to
your letters to Mr. Paul M. Golan, DOE, concerning observations of the Hanford
Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant made by members of the staff of
the DNFSB. One letter dated July 21,
2004, addressed concerns related to the ventilation systems and the other
letter dated August 26, 2003, addressed concerns related to the electrical and
instrumentation and control systems. The
attachment to this letter contains ORP responses to
most of the
DNFSB concerns. ORP will respond to the
remaining concerns at a later date.
If you have any questions,
please contact me, or your staff may contact Mr. Lewis F. Miller, Jr., ORP,
(509 370 6817).
Sincerely,
Roy J. Schepens
Manager
cc w/attch:
P. M. Golan, EM-1
P. M. Bubar, EM-3