CX-270236: Upgrade of the MIT Research Reactor’s Post Irradiation Examination (PIE) Capabilities – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Categorical Exclusion Determination

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

August 8, 2016
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology proposes to purchase and install sample sectioning and polishing equipment and optical and electon microscopes to improve the MIT Research Reactor post-irradiation examination facilities. This will provide for preparation and initial characterization of activated materials at higher levels than is possible in other locations on the MIT campus.