[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40206-40207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19571]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Technical Summary Reports for Long-Term Storage of Weapons-Usable
Fissile Materials and for Surplus Weapons-Usable Plutonium Disposition
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces the availability of the
Technical Summary Report for the Long-Term Storage of Weapons-Usable
Fissile Materials and the Technical Summary Report for Surplus Weapons-
Usable Plutonium Disposition. The first report summarizes DOE's
assessment of the technical, cost, and schedule data for the reasonable
alternatives for the long-term storage of weapons-usable fissile
materials. The second report summarizes DOE's assessment of the
technical, cost, and schedule data for disposition of the nation's
plutonium surplus to national security requirements.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the reports or comments on the
reports should be directed to: the Office of Fissile Materials
Disposition, U.S. Department of Energy, Post Office Box
[[Page 40207]]
23786, Washington DC 20026-3786. Copies of the reports can also be
obtained by calling (answering machine) or faxing 1-800-820-5156.
Comments are requested by August 31, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information about the
storage and disposition of surplus fissile materials can be obtained by
writing to U.S. Department of Energy, ATTN: MD-3, 1000 Independence
Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585, or telephoning (202) 586-2700.
Information is also available on-line at the Office of Fissile
Materials Disposition Internet site: ``http://web.fie.com/htdoc/fed/
doe/fsl/pub/menu/any''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The reasonable alternatives for the storage of weapons-usable
fissile material and the disposition of plutonium were determined by
the DOE and published in the ``Summary Report of the Screening Process
(DOE/MD-0002),'' dated March 29, 1995. The reasonable alternatives for
long-term storage included upgrading existing storage facilities or
constructing new storage facilities. The reasonable alternatives for PU
Disposition included reactor, immobilization and deep borehole
emplacement technologies. The environmental impacts of the reasonable
alternatives for both long-term storage and plutonium disposition were
analyzed and published in the ``Storage and Disposition of Weapons-
Usable Fissile Materials Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement,'' dated February 1996.
Scope of Reports
The scope of the long-term storage report is limited to presenting
the technical, cost and schedule data and assessment to support future
decisions for storage of weapons-usable fissile materials, including
highly enriched uranium and plutonium. The scope of the plutonium
disposition report is limited to presenting the technical, cost, and
schedule data for plutonium disposition and assessment to support
future decision making.
DOE Reading Rooms
Copies of the reports as well as other technical information are
available at the following locations:
Headquarters FOIA Reading Room, U.S. Department of Energy, Room 1E-190,
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC
20585
Albuquerque Operations Office, Technical Vocational Institute, 525
Buena Vista, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, Attn: Russ Gladstone
(contractor), 505-224-3286, Elva Barfield (DOE), 505-845-4370
Nevada Operations Office, Department of Energy, Public Reading Room,
2753 South Highland Drive, P.O. Box 98518, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518,
Attn: Janet Fogg, 702-295-1128
Oak Ridge Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading
Room, 200 Administration Road, P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8501,
Attn: Amy Rothrock, 615-576-1216
Richaldn Operations Office, Washington State University, Tri-Cities
Branch Campus, 300 Sprout Road, Room 130 West, Richland, WA 99352,
Attn: Terri Traub, 509-376-8583
Rocky Flats Office, Public Reading Room, Front Range Community College
Library, 3645 West 112th Avenue, Westminister, CO 80030, Attn: Dennis
Connor, 303-469-4435
Savannah River Operations Office, Gregg-Granite Library, University of
South Carolina-Aiken, 171 University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801, Attn:
Paul Lewis, 803-641-3320, DOE Contact: Pauline Conner, 803-725-1408
Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, c/o Los
Alamos Community Reading Room, 1450 Central, Suite 101, Los Alamos, NM
87544, Attn: LANL Outreach Manager, 505-665-2127
Chicago Operations Office, Office of Planning, Communications & EEO,
U.S. Department of Energy, 9800 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439,
Attn: L. Pitchford, 708-252-2013
Amarillo Area Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Amarillo College, Lynn
Library/Learning Center, P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178, Attn: Karen
McIntosh, 806-371-5400
Idaho Operations Office, Idaho Public Reading Room, 1776 Science Center
Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, 208-526-0271
U.S. DOE Reading Room, Carson County Library, P.O. Box 339, Panhandle,
TX 79068, Attn: Tom Walton, 806-537-3742, Kerry Campbell (contractor),
806-477-4381
Issued in Washington, DC, July 26, 1996.
Gregory P. Rudy,
Acting Director, Office of Fissile Materials Disposition.
[FR Doc. 96-19571 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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