[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

June 18, 2004

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004-2901

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

This letter is to inform you that the work has been completed at Richland resolving the weld porosity concerns with some DOE-STD-3013 outer can welds.  The re-packaging and welding of 358 DOE STD-3013 outer containers was completed on May 27, 2004.

 

The need for this effort was delineated in the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management’s February 5, 2003, letter on Commitment 110 of Revision 2 to the Implementation Plan for Stabilization and Storage of Nuclear Material (IP 2000-1).

 

Should you or your staff have any questions concerning these issues, please contact me at (202) 586-0738 or Keith Klein, Manager, Richland Operations Office, at (509) 376-7395.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dr. Inés Triay

Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Environmental Management

 

cc:  M. Whitaker, DR-l/DOE

K. Klein, RL/DOE