Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
November 25, 2016
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Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has identified the need for additional capabilities for preparation, pressing, and sintering of enriched uranium materials to support research and development activities currently occurring at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES). The proposed action would relocate equipment from CAES to the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) building MFC-784 that was historically part of the Zero Power Physics Reactor (ZPPR). Project activities would install a commercial spark plasma sintering system which consists of an inert atmosphere glovebox, a spark plasma sintering (SPS) chamber, a 25-ton hydraulic press, chiller, and power supply in MFC-784.