. DNF SAFETY BOARD This letter provides you with an update and notification of activities related to the Department's implementatio'n of Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

The Integrated Project Management Plan (IPMP) for'thePFP was provided to · the Richland Operations Office (RL) on April 29,1999. The IPMP and its related appendices represent an integrated, resource-loaded project plan that includes all work at the PFP such as plutonium stabilization activities, material shipping activities, and final deactivation of the plant. Enclosed is a copy of the IPMP for your review. You will notice a number of plutonium material stabilization systems and commitment dates do not align with those contained in Revision 1 to the Recommendation 94-1 Implementation Plan (IP) that was submitted in December 1998. Enclosure 2 provides a crosswalk between the IP Revision and the IPMP, and serves to explain the differences. The most significant difference is that the IPMP does not plan for all stabilized plutonium to be in DOE-STD-30 13 compliant containers until 2008. The stabilization of the metals and oxides is planned for completion in March 2001, and October 2004, respectively, but the DOE-STD-30 13 compliant packaging is not completed until 2008. As mentioned in the Secretary of Energy's letter to you on July 2,1999, a 2008 date for a planning basis is not acceptable to me so the IPMP will be modified with an approach for ensurin