Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
October 30, 2017
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The purpose of the proposed action is to study the exchange chemistry between irradiated mixed-oxide fuel from the Fast Flux Test Reactor and a ternary molten salt, e.g. sodium chloride-potassium chloride-zirconium (IV) chloride. The zirconium (IV) chloride is expected to convert the actinide oxides and many of the fission product oxides in the mixed oxide fuel into metal chlorides in the molten salt.