Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Chemistry and ...

Final EIS for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building Replacement Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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1.6.1.10 Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Future Disposition of
Certain Cerro Grande Fire Flood and Sediment Retention Structures
at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
(DOE/EA-1408) ..............................................1-17
1.6.1.11 Environmental Assessment for Proposed Access Control and Traffic
Improvements at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos,
New Mexico (DOE/EA-1429) ...................................1-18
1.6.1.12 Environmental Assessment for the Installation and Operation of
Combustion Turbine Generators at Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, New Mexico (DOE/EA-1430) ........................1-18
1.6.1.13 Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Relocation of
Technical Area 18 Capabilities and Materials at the Los Alamos
National Laboratory (DOE/EIS-319) .............................1-19
1.6.2 Ongoing NEPA Compliance Actions .....................................1-19
1.6.2.1 Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on
Stockpile Stewardship and Management for a Modern Pit Facility
(DOE/EIS-0236-S2) ..........................................1-19
1.6.2.2 Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Issuance of a Special
Use Permit to the Incorporated County of Los Alamos for the
Development and Operation of a New Solid Waste Landfill at
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
(DOE/EA-1460) ..............................................1-21
1.6.2.3 Environmental Assessment for Partial Conversion of an Existing TA-55
Building into a Nondestructive Examination Facility at Los Alamos
National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (DOE/EA-1428) .......1-21
1.6.3 Relationships to Other LANL Projects ...................................1-21
1.7 The Scoping Process .......................................................1-22
1.8 Issues Raised During the Public Comment Period on the Draft EIS...................1-24
1.9 Changes Since the Publication of the Draft EIS ..................................1-26
2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND ALTERNATIVES .................................2-1
2.1 Current and Future Support of Stockpile Stewardship ..............................2-1
2.2 Description of the Existing CMR Building.......................................2-2
2.2.1 Overview ...........................................................2-2
2.2.2 Administrative Wing ..................................................2-4
2.2.3 Laboratories .........................................................2-4
2.2.4 Hot Cells (Wing 9) ....................................................2-4
2.3 CMR Capabilities ..........................................................2-5
2.3.1 AC and MC .........................................................2-5
2.3.2 Destructive and Nondestructive Analysis ..................................2-5
2.3.3 Actinide Research and Processing ........................................2-5
2.3.4 Fabrication and Metallography ..........................................2-6
2.4 Proposed CMRR Project Capabilities ...........................................2-6
2.4.1 AC and MC Capabilities ...............................................2-6
2.4.2 AC and MC Capabilities Consolidated from the Plutonium Facility
into the CMRR Facility ................................................2-6
2.4.3 SNM Storage Capability ...............................................2-6
2.4.4 Large Containment Vessel Handling Capability .............................2-7
2.4.5 Mission Contingency Space .............................................2-7
2.4.6 Nuclear Materials Operational Capabilities and Space for non-LANL Users .......2-7
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