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GNEP Siting Studies
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Site Characterization Reports have been completed and received. These reports conducted by eleven commercial and public consortia are the product of the $10,458,242 million in grant awards made on January 30, 2007. Recipients had 90-days to complete these studies and submitted the reports to DOE on May 1, 2007.
Information generated from these Site Characterization Reports, coupled with existing site information, provide a variety of data relating to both DOE and non-DOE sites, including site and nearby land uses; demographics; ecological and habitat assessment; threatened or endangered species; historical, archaeological and cultural resources; geology and seismology; weather and climate; and regulatory and permitting requirements.
These Site Characterization Reports are being made available to the public and will be used by DOE in preparing the draft programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) which will evaluate the potential environmental impacts from each proposed GNEP facility and are currently being reviewed as part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
GNEP is a part of President Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative, which seeks to reduce our reliance in imported oil by changing the way we power our cars, homes and business. Additional information on the DOE’s nuclear energy program may be found on http://www.nuclear.energy.gov/.
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Project Title / Recipient
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Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee
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The Economic Development Partnership of Aiken and Edgefield Counties, Inc. (Savannah River)
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Paducah Uranium Plant Asset Utilization, Inc. (McCracken County, Kentucky)
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Regional Development Alliance
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Tri-City Industrial Development Council
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Eddy Lea Energy Alliance
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Energy Solutions, LLC (Barnwell, SC)
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Energy Solutions, LLC (Atomic City, ID)
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Energy Solutions, LLC (Roswell, NM)
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GE Electric Company (Morris, IL)
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Piketon Initiative for Nuclear Independence, LLC (Portsmouth Reservation)
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