[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22782]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DOE Response to Recommendation 97-1 of the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board, Safe Storage of Uranium-233
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board published
Recommendation 97-1, concerning the safe storage of uranium-233, on
March 11, 1997 (62 FR 11160). Under section 315(e) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), the Department of Energy
must transmit an implementation plan on Recommendation 97-1 to the
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board by August 11, 1997, or submit a
notification of extension for an additional 45 days. The Secretary's
notification of extension for an additional 45 days follows.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, data, views, or arguments concerning the
Secretary's notification to: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Stallman, Deputy Assistant
Manager for Facility Operations, Department of Energy, Idaho Operations
Office, 850 Energy Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401-1563.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on August 22, 1997.
Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.,
Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board.
August 11, 1997.
The Honorable John T. Conway,
Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana
Avenue, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20004.
Dear Mr. Chairman: This is to notify you, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
2286d(e), that the Department of Energy will require an additional
45 days to transmit the implementation plan for addressing the
issues raised in the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's
Recommendation 97-1 concerning the safe storage of uranium-233
material. A draft implementation plan was prepared by a Task Team
(reporting to the Assistant Secretaries for Defense Programs and
Environmental Management, in coordination with other affected
Headquarters and Field offices) but requires more detail.
Working with your staff, we have planned a workshop later this
month to develop the next level of details for an integrated program
to safely manage uranium-233. Together, we can then determine the
appropriate commitments for incorporation into the implementation
plan for Recommendation 97-1. The implementation plan will be
provided to the Board by September 25, 1997.
Sincerely,
Federico Pena.
[FR Doc. 97-22782 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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