Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
March 10, 2018
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The Versatile Test Reactor program has been established to fulfill the Department of Energy-Office of Nuclear Energy Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee recommendation to “…proceed immediately with pre-conceptual design planning activities to support a new test reactor (including cost and schedule estimates).” To support preconceptual design activities and establish seismic design parameters for the Versatile Test Reactor, seismic studies are needed.