[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Offices of Environmental Management (EM)
and Fissile Materials Disposition (NA-26) have informed me that shipment of Low
Enriched Uranium materials from Savannah River Site has commenced. This
completes the Department’s commitment #224 in the 2000-l implementation plan: “Begin disposition of pre-existing enriched uranium
solution and enriched uranium solution resulting from Mk-16/22 SNF dissolution.”
If you have any questions, please contact me
at 202-586-3887.
Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.
Departmental Representative to the
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
cc:
J. Roberson, EM-1
E. Siskin, NA-26