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consideration for preservation as a 

national historic site. Although KE and 

KW Reactors have had CERCLA 

documentation issued that identified 

ISS as the preferred alternative, the KE 

and KW reactors are not currently in 

ISS. However, they are the next reactors 

in the queue for completion of ISS. 

II. Decision 

DOE has decided to broaden the 

decommissioning approach for these 

eight surplus reactors. DOE is retaining 

the deferred one-piece removal option, 

as selected in the 1993 ROD, and, based 

on a recently prepared Supplement 

Analysis, is modifying the deferred 

dismantlement option, as expressed in 

the Final EIS, by selecting an option for 

immediate dismantlement. 

Activities to implement this decision 

will be conducted as CERCLA non-time 

critical removal actions. Specific details 

on unit operations of dismantlement 

will be addressed in the CERCLA 

documentation. All practicable means to 

avoid or minimize environmental harm 

have been incorporated in this decision. 

III. Basis for the Decision 

In accordance with CEQ NEPA 

regulations (40 CFR 1502.9(c)) and DOE 

NEPA regulations (10 CFR 1021.314(c)), 

DOE prepared a Supplement Analysis to 

determine whether a supplemental EIS 

or a new EIS is required. The 

Supplement Analysis focused on the 

resource areas and considerations most 

likely to be affected by this amended 

ROD; specifically, worker radiological 

impacts (routine operations and 

accident conditions), land use, 

historical/cultural resources, ecological 

resources, and cumulative impacts. 

Preliminary calculations (based on 

near-term dismantlement of the KE 

reactor core and extrapolated to all eight 

surplus production reactors) indicate 

that worker dose under a dismantlement 

scenario for all eight reactors 

(approximately 80 person-rem) would 

be expected to be substantially less than 

that projected in the Final EIS (532 

person-rem) for deferred dismantlement, 

and slightly higher than that for 

deferred one-piece removal (51 personrem in the safe storage/deferred onepiece removal scenario). The actual dose 

rates to which workers would be 

exposed would be controlled by such 

means as remote handling, use of 

robotics, and the use of shielding. 

Worker radiation exposure would be 

controlled to stay within administrative 

and regulatory limits. Regardless, less 

than one latent cancer fatality (LCF) 

would be expected under all of the 

alternatives. No new bounding accident 

scenarios associated with reactor 

decommissioning have been identified; 

less than one LCF would be expected as 

a result of any postulated bounding 

accident. 

No new land use, historical/cultural 

resource, or ecological resources 

impacts were identified in the 

Supplement Analysis relevant to 

decommissioning activities under 

deferred one-piece removal or 

immediate dismantlement. 

Also, as stated in the Supplement 

Analysis, no short-term or long-term 

cumulative impacts (based on the 

analyses presented in DOE/EIS–0391, 

Draft Tank Closure and Waste 

Management Environmental Impact 

Statement) were identified relevant to 

decommissioning activities under onepiece removal or dismantlement. 

In evaluating the viability of 

supporting accelerated 

decommissioning of surplus reactor 

facilities in a safe and environmentally 

effective manner, DOE also considered 

technological advances and additional 

information since the Final EIS and the 

1993 ROD were issued. New 

engineering controls (such as 

development and deployment of 

robotics in an array of field 

applications), data collection and 

validation, worker safety practices, and 

real-time lessons learned from reactor 

demolition activities at Brookhaven 

National Laboratory all could be applied 

to accelerated surplus reactor 

decommissioning at the Hanford Site. 

These controls and information would 

enable accelerated decommissioning 

activities to be conducted safely. 

IV. Determination 

DOE has decided to broaden the 

decommissioning approach for the 

surplus reactors, retaining the deferred 

one-piece removal option and adding an 

option for immediate dismantlement. 

Based on the Supplement Analysis, this 

is not a substantial change in the 

proposed action relevant to 

environmental concerns. Further, there 

are no significant new circumstances or 

information relevant to environmental 

concerns and bearing on the proposed 

actions or their impacts described in the 

Surplus Production Reactors Final EIS. 

Therefore, DOE has determined that 

neither a new EIS, nor a supplement to 

the Surplus Production Reactors EIS, is 

required. 

Issued in Washington, DC on July 16, 2010. 

Ine ́s R. Triay, 

Assistant Secretary for Environmental 

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