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The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared an environmental assessment (DOE/EA-0179) on the proposed selection of borosilicate glass as the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) waste form for the immobilization of the high-level radioactive wastes generated and stored at the DOE Savannah River Plant (SRP), Aiken, South Carolina. DOE recently decided to immobilize the SRP high-level radioactive wastes in the DWPF in preparation for transport to and disposal in a Federal repository (Federal Register, p. 23801, June 1, 1982). Selection of the DWPF waste form is the next step in the implementation of the disposal strategy. Based on the analyses in the assessment and in the environmental impact statement (DOE/EIS-0082) for the DWPF at SRP, a proposed finding of no significant impact has been prepared. The EA and proposed finding are being made available for public review before the Department makes its final determination on whether to prepare an EIS. The public review period will close *32779 August 30, 1982. Following completion of the public review period, DOE will make its final determination whether to prepare an EIS.

Waste Form Selection for SRP High-Level Waste

DOE has prepared an EA for the construction and operation of the Naval Reactor Fuel Materials Facility at the Department's Savannah River Plant near Aiken, South Carolina.

Naval Reactor Fuel Materials Facility

Long-Term Management of Liquid High-Level Radioactive Waste Stored at Western New York Nuclear Service Center, West Valley, New York

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories - Livermore Sites, Livermore, CA

JOINT PATENT ASSIGNMENT FORM

Incineration Facility for Radioactively Contaminated Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Wastes, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Record of Decision for Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina (DOE/EIS-0082).

Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program, Supplemental