Spent Nuclear Fuel Management at the Savannah River Site
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
April 14, 2022
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Spent Nuclear Fuel Management, Accelerated Basin De-inventory Mission for H-Canyon, at the Savannah River Site
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its August 7, 2000, Record of Decision (ROD) to the Savannah River Site Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Final Environmental Impact Statement (SRS SNF EIS (DOE/EIS-0279). The changes to the August 7, 2000, ROD memorialize DOE’s decision to manage approximately 29.2 metric tons of heavy metal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and target materials (hereafter referred to collectively as SNF), using conventional processing without recovery of uranium at the H-Canyon facility at the Savannah River Site.
For more information, see Spent Nuclear Fuel Management.