[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

September 30, 2005

 

The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004-2901

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

This is to inform you that Commitment 211 of the Implementation Plan for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Recommendation 2000-1, Revision 2, Stabilization and Storage of Nuclear Material, was completed on September 27, 2005. The dissolution of the Savannah River Site pre-existing plutonium residues has been completed in H-Canyon.The commitment date for completion of this milestone was September 30, 2005.

 

If you have any further questions, please call me at (202) 586-0738 or call Dae Y. Chung, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Integrated Safety Management and Operations Oversight, at (202) 586-5151.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dr. Ines R. Triay

Chief Operating Officer for

Environmental Management

 

cc: ��Mark Whitaker, DR-1

Jeffrey Allison, SR