CX-018080: Interim Structural Stabilization of Tunnel 2

Categorical Exclusion Determination

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

May 10, 2018
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Following subsidence at PUREX Tunnel 1 in May 2017, a structural integrity evaluation was submitted to Ecology in June 2017 identifying that the potential risk of localized collapse of PUREX Storage Tunnel 2 is high, thus stabilization of the tunnel is recommended to be implemented as soon as possible to minimize the risk of failure.

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