CX-270298: Fuel Cycle Laboratory Glove Box in Fuel Conditioning Facility (FCF) Revision 1

Categorical Exclusion Determination

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

December 7, 2016
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The purpose of this revision is to capture additional project scope. Specifically, in addition to the materials listed in the original Environmental Checklist (EC), a maximum of 7kg of cadmium would be used in the glovebox at any given time. Other work activities, environmental aspects of the proposed action, and the conditions and instructions remain unchanged from the original EC. The project description from the original EC is described below:  In order to establish a Fuel Cycle Laboratory in the Fuel Conditioning Facility (FCF), a 22 foot long glove box will be installed in Room 26. The three-section glove box is manufactured by MBraun Corporation and includes an atmosphere regeneration bed. Three pieces of equipment will be installed in the glove box to provide the capability for molten-salt electrorefining development, vacuum distillation, and fuel casting. The three pieces of equipment are a prototype electrorefiner, a distillation furnace, and a casting development system. All three pieces of equipment include mobile cabinets for instrumentation and control which would be placed against the walls of Room 26 in convenient locations.