Alternative Strategies for the Long-Term Management of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Resources at Several Geographic Locations

Résumé

The Department of Energy is providing advance notice of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The environmental impact statement will assess the potential environmental impacts of alternative strategies for the long-term management or uses of depleted uranium hexafluoride (UF 6) resources currently stored at Paducah, Kentucky; Portsmouth, Ohio; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This environmental impact statement will consider general strategy options, including the general impacts of siting potential facilities or transporting materials to or from such facilities. In addition, such analyses would focus on those issues that would affect strategy selection, such as consolidation at one site. The specific environmental impacts of the transportation of materials or impacts from the actual siting of any projects that would result from strategy selection would be further assessed by any necessary project NEPA documents to follow.