DOE/EIS-0161: Record of Decision (December 1995)

ROD for technology and siting alternatives for tritium production.

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

December 12, 1995

Tritium Supply and Recycling

Based on DOE/EIS-0161, DOE published a record of decision (ROD) in December 1995 that announced the selection of two alternative technologies for tritium production and established a dual‑track strategy that would, within 3 years, select one of those technologies to become the primary tritium supply technology. The other technology, if feasible, would be developed as a backup tritium source. The ROD also announced that a tritium extraction facility would be constructed at SRS.

For more information, see Tritium Supply and Recycling.

  • DOE/EIS-0161, Record of Decision, Tritium Supply and Recycling Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Notice (December 1995) (94.57 KB)
    The Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision regarding DOE’s proposal for Tritium Supply and Recycling Facilities. The Department is making three simultaneous decisions. First, the Department will pursue a dual track on the two most promising tritium supply alternatives: to initiate purchase of an existing commercial reactor (operating or partially complete) or irradiation services with an option to purchase the reactor for conversion to a defense facility; and to design, build, and test critical components of an accelerator system for tritium production. Within a three-year period, the Department would select one of the tracks to serve as the primary source of tritium.