June 3, 2005, Department letter reporting completion of Commitment 212 in the 2000-1 Revision 2 implementation plan, Stabilization and Storage of Nuclear Material, which requires the complete stabilization and packaging of all plutonium at the Savannah River Site

[DOE LETTERHEAD]

June 3, 2005

The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger

Acting Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004-2901

Dear Dr. Eggenberger:

This is to inform you that Commitment 212 of the Implementation Plan (IP) for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2000-1 Revision 2, Stabilization and Storage of Nuclear Material, has been completed.

Commitment 212 was to complete stabilization and packaging of all plutonium at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to DOE-STD-3013. �SRS completed stabilization and packaging of all applicable pre-existing plutonium metals and oxides on January 31, 2005, eleven months ahead of the December 2005 commitment identified in the IP.

If you have any further questions, please call me at (202) 586-7709 or call Dr. Robert Goldsmith, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Integrated Safety Management and Operations Oversight, at (301) 903-4954.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Anderson

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for

� Environmental Management

cc: ��Mark Whitaker, DR-1

Jeffrey Allison, SR