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News Releases NNSA issues amended Record of Decision to build nuclear facility at LANL
October 13, 2011—The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has issued an Amended Record of Decision (ROD) concerning the Nuclear Facility portion of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement project (CMRR-NF).
Following a supplemental environmental impact analysis and public input process, NNSA has selected the Modified CMRR-NF Alternative described in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to proceed forward with the design and construction of the nuclear facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
As described in the final SEIS, the facility will be constructed at Technical Area 55 and co-located with the other component of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement project — the recently completed Radiological Laboratory/Utilities/Office Building (RLUOB). RLUOB was constructed directly east of the prospective CMRR-NF site consistent with the 2004 ROD.
To read more, see the NNSA news release.
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