DOE/EIS-0546: Department of Defense Record of Decision

Construction and Demonstration of a Prototype Mobile Nuclear Microreactor; Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho

The Department of Defense (DoD),  acting through the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Construction and Demonstration of a Prototype Mobile Microreactor Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0546). SCO has decided to implement the Proposed Action (the preferred alternative) as described in the Final EIS. The Proposed Action is to fabricate the prototype mobile microreactor and reactor fuel at existing off-site commercial facilities and demonstrate the microreactor at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site. The analysis in the EIS demonstrates that implementing the Proposed Action would have small environmental consequences that would not require mitigation outside of practices required by regulations, permits, or agreements. DOE (Office of Nuclear Energy), a cooperating agency in preparing DOE/EIS-0546, provided technical expertise and support to DoD.

For more information, see Construction and Demonstration of a Prototype Mobile Microreactor.