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1 Introduction
Pages 7-10

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... a delineation of the resources presently available for development as well as those potentially available in the future, and (3) an analysis of the environmental impacts associated with any future development including actions necessary to mitigate negative impacts.
 In response to this mandate, DOE's Office of Legacy Management (LM)
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From page 8...
... Study Results and Conclusions The NREL/CSM report concluded the following: A high-level, portfolio-wide analysis of RE project potential determined techno-economic potential for at least one type of renewable technology at every site. The portfolio analysis considered the technical potential of geothermal, fossil fuels, and uranium or thorium resources: four sites show good indication of hosting hydrothermal reservoirs, six sites were considered to have distinct potential for oil and gas production, eight sites in coal producing basins were not eliminated from consideration (because coal 2 A final version of the report, reflecting editorial corrections, was given to the committee in November 2016.
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... The most common disqualifying factors facing the sites were, in order: site unavailability, poor project economics, and permitting restrictions. Of the eight sites which were not excluded by disqualifying criteria, three sites merit further investigation for RE development due to their current relative economic attractiveness when compared with existing retail power rates: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Shirley Basin South, and the Bannister Kansas City Plant.
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From page 10...
... Office of Legacy Management of the potential development of energy resources for lands managed by DOE. This study may include assessments of oil, gas, coal, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, uranium, and other resources, and is likely to include consideration of market barriers, practical constraints, economics, access to markets, and other aspects in estimating the potential for energy supply.
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