Department of Energy's Idaho Operations Office issued a draft Environmental Assessment for the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiment (DOME) Test Bed Operations (DOE/EA-2268).
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October 8, 2024
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Demonstration of Microreactor Experiment (DOME) Test Bed Operations; Bingham County, Idaho
Department of Energy's Idaho Operations Office issued a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiment (DOME) Test Bed Operations (DOE/EA-2268). The draft EA assesses the potential environmental impacts associated with the operation of the DOME test bed facility to accommodate testing of advanced nuclear reactor designs at the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) at the Idaho National Laboratory site. DOE would support advanced reactor experiment testing in the DOME test bed by (1) assisting in the development of advanced nuclear reactor projects, (2) integrating projects into the DOME test bed, (3) operating the project reactor, and (4) dispositioning project components and waste and storing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) until a long-term repository is available.
For more information, see Demonstration of Microreactor Experiment (DOME) Test Bed Operations.