<searchTitle>Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Department of Energy Activities in Support of Commercial Production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU); Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>NOTICE</granuleClass>
<accessId>2024-24286</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY</agency>
<billingCode>6450-01-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>2024-24286</frDocNumber>
<action>Notice of availability.</action>
<summary>The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Department of Energy Activities in Support of Commercial Production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) (Final HALEU EIS) (DOE/EIS- 0559). DOE prepared the Final HALEU EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate the No Action Alternative and the Proposed Action to acquire, through procurement from commercial sources, HALEU enriched to at least 19.75 and less than 20 weight percent U-235 over a 10-year period of performance, and to facilitate the establishment of commercial HALEU fuel production. The Proposed Action addresses the Energy Act of 2020 for the acquisition of HALEU produced by a commercial entity using enrichment technology and making it available for commercial use or demonstration projects.</summary>
<dates>DOE will issue a Record of Decision based on the Final HALEU EIS no sooner than 30 days after the publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of the Final HALEU EIS in the Federal Register.</dates>
<contact>For information regarding the DOE HALEU Availability Program, visit https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu- availability-program. For information regarding the HALEU EIS, visit https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-environmental-impact-statement, or</contact>
<tocSubject1>Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Activities in Support of Commercial Production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>HALEU-EIS@nuclear.energy.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-availability-program</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-environmental-impact-statement</urlRef>