[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2232]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Availability of Revised Implementation Plan for the Tritium 
Supply and Recycling Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of 
the revised Implementation Plan for the Tritium Supply and Recycling 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The Implementation 
Plan provides guidance for the preparation of the PEIS, records the 
issues identified as a result of the public scoping process, and 
provides information regarding the alternatives and issues to be 
analyzed in the PEIS.

ADDRESSES AND FURTHER INFORMATION: A copy of the Implementation Plan or 
its Executive Summary may be obtained upon request to:

Office of Reconfiguration, DP-25, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 
3417, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Attn: Implementation Plan,(202) 586-
1300

    Requests for further information on the Tritium Supply and 
Recycling proposal may be directed to the same office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 28, 1994, DOE published in the 
Federal Register an update notice on the proposed Reconfiguration 
program, announcing its intention to separate the Reconfiguration PEIS 
into two separate PEIS's: a Tritium Supply and Recycling PEIS, and a 
Stockpile Stewardship and Management PEIS [59 FR 54176]. A 30-day 
public comment period followed that notice. The Tritium Supply and 
Recycling Implementation Plan takes the comments received into account, 
along with the comments received during a prior public scoping period 
(July-October 1993).
    The Implementation Plan describes the scope of the Tritium Supply 
and Recycling PEIS, including the siting and technology alternatives 
related to tritium supply and recycling. Four technologies for tritium 
supply will be assessed in the PEIS: Heavy Water Reactor, Modular High-
Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (MHTGR), Advanced Light Water Reactor 
(ALWR), and Accelerator Production of Tritium. Five sites for new 
tritium supply facilities and tritium recycling facilities will also be 
assessed: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (Idaho Falls, Idaho); 
Nevada Test Site (Las Vegas, Nevada); Pantex Plant (Amarillo, Texas); 
Savannah River Site (Aiken, South Carolina); and the Oak Ridge 
Reservation (Oak Ridge, Tennessee). Additionally, the PEIS will include 
an analysis of the environmental impacts of the MHTGR and ALWR 
technologies for tritium production together with plutonium disposition 
and steam/electricity production. The PEIS will also analyze an 
existing commercial light water reactor that would be purchased for 
tritium production and withdrawn from commercial electricity 
production.
    The Draft Tritium Supply and Recycling PEIS, which will include the 
Department's preferred alternative, will be completed no later than 
March 1, 1995. Following the publication of the Draft Tritium Supply 
and Recycling PEIS, public hearings will be held, and a Final Tritium 
Supply and Recycling PEIS is expected to be completed by October 1995. 
Information on the public hearing locations, dates, and format will be 
published in the Federal Register at least 30 days prior to the first 
hearing.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 24th day of January, 1994.
Everet Beckner,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-2232 Filed 1-27-95; 8:45 am]
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