DOE/EIS-0541: Final Environmental Impact Statement

Final DOE/EIS/0541 for plutonium pit production at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

September 24, 2020
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Plutonium Pit Production at Savannah River Site; Aiken, South Carolina

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) prepared this EIS on Plutonium Pit Production at SRS (DOE/EIS-0541) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of producing plutonium pits at the Savannah River Site at a rate of at least 50 pits per year and developing a short-term surge capacity to enable production at a rate of at least 80 pits per year, beginning in 2030.

For more information, see Plutonium Pit Production at Savannah River Site.