Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 18, 2016
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The Fusion Safety Program (FSP) in the Fusion, hydrogen, and measurement Science organization (C640) organization is transferring two surface science instruments from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Research Complex (IRC) building Idaho Falls (IF)-603, room C-4 to the Safety and Tritium Applied Research (STAR) facility at the Advanced Test Reactor Complex (ATR Complex) building Test Reactor Area (TRA)-666/666A, room 102 on the annex side. The two instruments are a Scanning Auger Microprobe (SAM), property numbers 381133, 370547, and 418891, and an x-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS) property numbers 381134, 370546, 381134, and 415111.The SAM cost $75k and the XPS cost $190k when initially purchased by INL in 2005.