A memo outlining the basic elements of the health-care plans will be distributed this week to all eligible plan members. Members also will receive a checklist of things to do or consider before they enroll. Enrollment packages, which will include the most current directory of participating health-care providers, will be distributed the last week of October. From Nov. 1 through 21, employees can enroll in the plan of their choice using the Open Enrollment Action Line and their telephones. The telephone number and instructions will be included in the enrollment package.
Retirees can make their benefit elections by using the enrollment form included in their packages.
The Radioactive Source Recovery Program and Magnetic Isotope Separation have been removed from deliberate-operations status. The owners of these activities currently are putting together work-safety packages. Removal of Hazardous Waste and the Detonator Surveillance Project currently are undergoing review for deliberate operations status. Such issues have included procedures related to fuming perchloric acids, engineering ventilation systems, package completeness, proper understanding of acid and solvent volume limits and duct wash-down systems. That number has since been reduced to 57, the result of consolidating the packages of four activities into two and the team's identifying a new activity.