Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
March 22, 2016
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The experiment loop primary cubicles at the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) contain all of the “out of pile” piping and equipment to operate the experiment loops. Most of this equipment was originally insulated with Asbestos Containing Material (ACM). This becomes problematic when work needs to be performed on equipment in the cubicle. The purpose of this project is to remove and properly dispose of all ACM insulation within the primary cubicles and then purchase and install appropriate replacement insulation material. Removal and replacement would occur in each cubicle, and possibly other areas of ATR, such as the subpile room, as funding becomes available. Asbestos removal in Loops 1C-W and 2A-C was performed during previous projects and is not part of the proposed action.