Categorical Exclusion Determinations: Pennsylvania

The scope of the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory North Campus Utility Corridor Project is to support the existing Fire Water and City Water utility services to the North Campus area, which are currently supplied by a looped system that provides redundant service from two directions in the event of a localized system failure.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of smart screens that can automatically control fluid flow in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) based on temperature by overcoming the challenges of premature thermal breakthrough and non-uniform heat extraction by enabling autonomous, temperature-based flow control without complex electronics or chemical treatments.