1998年3月，能源部国防计划局就“国家点火装置”发表了一个补充分析，帮助该部确定是否制定一个“存贮管理计划补充项目环境影响的声明（SSMＰＥＩＳ）。为此制定的分析供该部执行“国家环境的政策法案条例”之用。该报告专门分析了在“国家点火装置”中使用有害材料的问题。 In March 1998, the Department of Defense’s Defense Planning Agency published a supplementary analysis of “national ignition” to help the Department determine whether to develop a “Storage Management Plan Supplemental Project Environmental Impact Statement (SSMPEIS).” The Department used the National Environmental Policy Act, which specifically analyzed the use of hazardous materials in “national ignition devices.”