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Dual axis radiographic hydrodynamic test facility. Final environmental impact statement, Volume 1: Chapters 1-6 & Appendixes A-K.

DE96005117

Publication Date	1995
Page Count	558
Abstract	DOE proposes to provide enhanced high-resolution radiographic capability for hydrodynamic tests and dynamic experiments to help meet its mission to ensure the safety and reliability of the Nation's nuclear weapons. The DARHT Facility would include two electron accelerators to produce x-ray beams that intersect at a firing point to produce radiographs of exploding or imploding material. This EIS evaluates the potential environmental impacts of six alternatives: No Action continue to operate the 30-year old Pulsed High Energy Radiation Machine Emitting X-Rays (PHERMEX) Facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Flash X-Ray (FXR) Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; DARHT Baseline (complete and operate the DARHT Facility at LANL); Upgrade PHERMEX (upgrade PHERMEX with enhanced radiography technology instead of completing the DARHT Facility); Enhanced Containment (in addition to containing all experiments involving plutonium, enclose most or all experiments under one of three options: vessel containment, building containment, or phased containment, which is the prefer-red alternative); Plutonium Exclusion (exclude any applications involving experiments with plutonium at the DARHT Facility); and Single Axis (complete and operate only a single axis of the DARHT Facility). The affected environment is primarily within LANL. Analyses indicate very little difference in the environmental impacts among the alternatives. The major discriminator would be contamination of soils near the firing points, health effects to workers, and amount of construction materials. This document, Volume 1 includes Chapter 1-6 and Appendices A-K (Federal Register Notices; Phermex Baseline; air quality and noise; geology and soils; water resources; biotic resources; socioeconomics; human health; facility accidents; transportation; threatened and endangered species).
Keywords	Environmental Impact Statements LANL Nuclear Facilities Nuclear Weapons Accelerators Evaluation Hydrodynamics Reliability Safety X-Ray Radiography EDB/450200
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	77D - Nuclear Explosions & Devices 92E - International Relations 68H - Environmental Impact Statements
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Albuquerque, NM. Albuquerque Operations Office.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199620

Dual axis radiographic hydrodynamic test facility. Final environmental impact statement, Volume 1: Chapters 1-6 & Appendixes A-K.

Dual axis radiographic hydrodynamic test facility. Final environmental impact statement, Volume 1: Chapters 1-6 & Appendixes A-K.
DE96005117

Publication Date	1995
Page Count	558
Abstract	DOE proposes to provide enhanced high-resolution radiographic capability for hydrodynamic tests and dynamic experiments to help meet its mission to ensure the safety and reliability of the Nation's nuclear weapons. The DARHT Facility would include two electron accelerators to produce x-ray beams that intersect at a firing point to produce radiographs of exploding or imploding material. This EIS evaluates the potential environmental impacts of six alternatives: No Action continue to operate the 30-year old Pulsed High Energy Radiation Machine Emitting X-Rays (PHERMEX) Facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Flash X-Ray (FXR) Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; DARHT Baseline (complete and operate the DARHT Facility at LANL); Upgrade PHERMEX (upgrade PHERMEX with enhanced radiography technology instead of completing the DARHT Facility); Enhanced Containment (in addition to containing all experiments involving plutonium, enclose most or all experiments under one of three options: vessel containment, building containment, or phased containment, which is the prefer-red alternative); Plutonium Exclusion (exclude any applications involving experiments with plutonium at the DARHT Facility); and Single Axis (complete and operate only a single axis of the DARHT Facility). The affected environment is primarily within LANL. Analyses indicate very little difference in the environmental impacts among the alternatives. The major discriminator would be contamination of soils near the firing points, health effects to workers, and amount of construction materials. This document, Volume 1 includes Chapter 1-6 and Appendices A-K (Federal Register Notices; Phermex Baseline; air quality and noise; geology and soils; water resources; biotic resources; socioeconomics; human health; facility accidents; transportation; threatened and endangered species).
Keywords	Environmental Impact Statements LANL Nuclear Facilities Nuclear Weapons Accelerators Evaluation Hydrodynamics Reliability Safety X-Ray Radiography EDB/450200
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	77D - Nuclear Explosions & Devices 92E - International Relations 68H - Environmental Impact Statements
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Albuquerque, NM. Albuquerque Operations Office.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199620