SONIC’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Study as submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy on May 1 is available on this site. The public comment period for submitting comments on the scope of the GNEP Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement remains open until June 4, 2007.

Who is SONIC?

• SONIC is a Limited Liability Corporation with two members: Southern Ohio Diversification (SODI) and the Piketon Initiative for Nuclear Independence (ePIFNI)

• SODI is the DOE designated Community Reuse Organization for the DOE Portsmouth Reservation at Piketon

• ePIFNI is the privately-held, for non-profit member of the SONIC partnership

• SONIC and its stakeholders support a continued commercial nuclear presence in Piketon that would preserve existing jobs, create new jobs and continue to contribute to the regional economy.

How does SONIC accomplish its mission?

• SONIC and its stakeholders support a continued commercial nuclear presence in Piketon that would preserve existing jobs, create new jobs and continue to contribute to the regional economy.

What is SONIC's current initiative?

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Siting Study

SONIC has been chosen to receive a Federal Opportunity Announcement (FOA) grant to perform a Detailed Siting Study of the capability of the DOE site at Piketon to host GNEP facilities. This Detailed Siting Study is to address the potential of siting two GNEP facilities at Piketon:

• An advanced nuclear fuel recycling center, which is capable of separating used nuclear fuel into its reusable and waste components

• Advanced recycling reactor, which would destroy long-lived radioactive elements in the fuel while generating electricity.

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