The U.S. Department of Energy will have a scoping meeting Wednesday night for an environmental impact statement, or EIS, for a Versatile Test Reactor that could be located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory or Idaho National Laboratory.
The Versatile Test Reactor would be used to test fuels and materials for commercial nuclear power reactors.
Besides being under consideration for the Versatile Test Reactor, Idaho National Laboratory is also under consideration for the fabrication of the fuel needed to run the Versatile Test Reactor. The Savannah River Site in South Carolina is also being considered for the fuel fabrication.
The public can comment through September 4 about what should be included in a draft environmental impact statement for the reactor, according to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. DOE will publish the final EIS and make it available to the public for 30 days before issuing a record of decision, TDEC said.
DOE will host a scoping meeting this evening, Wednesday, August 28, at 8 p.m. The meeting will be accessible on the Internet, and participants may remain anonymous: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1258657&tpkey=cd0294d77c.
To join the webcast scoping meetings by phone, call (877) 869-3847.
More information is available at https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/doe-announces-preparation-environmental-impact-
statement-examine-building-versatile-test.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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