The US Department of Defense has published the final environmental impact statement for the construction and demonstration of a mobile microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory as part of the Project Pele initiative.
The DOD prepared the final EIS – which evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the construction and operation of a prototype mobile microreactor and the fabrication of fuel – after a 45-day public comment period and two public hearings that followed the publication of the draft EIS in September 2021.
The DOD prepared the final EIS – which evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the construction and operation of a prototype mobile microreactor and the fabrication of fuel – after a 45-day public comment period and two public hearings that followed the publication of the draft EIS in September 2021.
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