Record of Decision: Final Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement
for Continued Operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE/EIS-0348) and Supplemental Stockpile
Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0236-S3) (November 29, 2005):
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), is issuing this
Record of Decision (ROD) regarding its plan for continued operation of the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory located approximately 40 miles east of San Francisco in Alameda and San Joaquin Counties; and
for use of plutonium, other fissile materials, fissionable materials and lithium hydride in experiments
to be conducted at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). In making its decisions NNSA considered the
Final Site-wide Environmental Impact
Statement for Continued Operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE/EIS-0348) and Supplemental
Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0236-S3)
(LLNL SW/SPEIS) and other information, including programmatic mission needs and cost. NNSA has
decided to implement the Proposed Action Alternative as described in the LLNL SW/SPEIS with the
exception of the Energetic Materials Processing Center Replacement and High Explosives Development
Center Project. This alternative includes the continued operation of LLNL; an increase in administrative
and material-at-risk limits for plutonium and tritium; and the use of plutonium, other fissile
materials, fissionable materials, and lithium hydride in experiments conducted at the NIF. NNSA's
implementation of the individual components of the Proposed Action Alternative during the next
decade is subject to its continuing assessment of its mission needs and of LLNL's role in meeting
those needs. For further information on the LLNL SW/SPEIS or the ROD, or to receive a copy of the LLNL
SW/SPEIS or ROD, contact: Thomas Grim, Document Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Livermore Site
Office NNSA, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550-9234, (925) 422-0704. [For more details, see the
Record of Decision in the Federal Register at 70 FR 71491, November 29, 2005].