[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:
The enclosed copy of draft DOE
Manual M 441.1, Nuclear
Material Packaging Manual, is
forwarded for your review and comment. �This
satisfies commitment 5.1-3 in Appendix D of the implementation plan (IP) for
recommendation 2005-1, Nuclear
Material Packaging.
The next milestone in Section
5.1 of the 2005-1 IP is forwarding the manual to the DOE 2005-1 Technical Review Board (TRB) by
April 30, 2006 to begin the final TRB review.�
Therefore, your comments are requested by April 21, 2006, in order to allow one
week for resolution and updating the manual before it is sent to the TRB.
Please contact me at
301-903-4407 if you have any questions.
Richard M. Stark
DNFSB 2005-1 Implementation Plan
Responsible Manager
cc:
C. R. H. Shearer, EH-1
M. Whitaker, DR-1
R. Hardwick, EH-2