[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

March 7, 2003

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004-2091

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

This letter is to inform you that Commitments 202, 210, and 213 of Revision 2 to the Implementation Plan for Stabilization and Storage of Nuclear Material for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2000-l (July 2002) have been completed.

 

-         Commitment 202:� Completed converting pre-existing H-Canyon plutonium-239 solution to oxide on July 30, 2002.� In addition to stabilizing plutonium to oxide, a large fraction of the H-Canyon plutonium solution was successfully transferred to the high-level waste system for vitrification through the Defense Waste Processing Facility.

 

-         Commitment 210:� The Savannah River Site commenced converting plutonium residue solution to oxide on September 20, 2002.� Plutonium residue dissolution/disposition is on schedule to be completed by September 2005.

 

-         Commitment 213:� Completed the transfer of americium/curium solution to the high-level waste system on January 29, 2003.� The americium/curium solution will be vitrified with high-level waste through the Defense Waste Processing Facility the same as the H-Canyon plutonium solution.

 

If you have any questions, please call me at (202) 586-7709 or Mr. Paul Golan, Chief Operating Officer, at (202) 586-0738.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jessie Hill Roberson

Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Management

 

cc:� Mark Whitaker, S-3.1

Jeffrey Allison, SR