Interim Management of Nuclear Materials; Spent Nuclear Fuel Management at Savannah River Site

The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its record of decision (ROD) (published in the Federal Register on December 19, 1995) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement: Interim Management of Nuclear Materials at the Savannah River Site (IMNM EIS) (DOE/EIS-0220) and its ROD (published in the Federal Register on; August 7, 2000) for the Savannah River Site Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Environmental Impact Statement (SRS SNF EIS) (DOE/EIS-0279) with respect to management of 65 Mark-18A targets. The IMNM EIS evaluated the potential environmental consequences of alternatives for the disposition of a large number and variety of nuclear materials, including 65 Mark-18A targets. These targets were irradiated in a nuclear reactor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to produce valued isotopes. The SRS SNF EIS evaluated the potential environmental consequences from alternatives for managing spent nuclear fuel at SRS, as well as other irradiated materials including the 65 Mark-18A targets. In both the IMNM EIS and SRS SNF EIS RODs, DOE decided to continue to store the 65 Mark-18A targets at SRS. DOE has now decided to process the 65 Mark-18A targets at SRS to recover valued isotopes in the form of solid oxides and to issue this amended ROD.