[DOE LETTERHEAD]
January 15, 2003
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
With this letter, I am pleased to report
on-schedule completion of two of the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s
commitments found in the Department’s 00-1 Implementation Plan (Revision
2). The commitments proposed for
closure are as follows:
501
Complete
stabilization of all solutions - December 2002
503 Complete stabilization of
nitrides and cellulose rags - December 2002
We continue to closely track progress on all
Recommendation 00-l commitments and will keep you and your staff apprised of
our progress. If you have any
questions, please contact me at (202) 586-2179.
Sincerely,
Everet H. Beckner
Deputy Administrator
for Defense Programs
cc:
M. Whitaker, S-3.1