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GLE gets incentives, draft EIS
The governments of Kentucky and McCracken County have granted preliminary approval to Global Laser Enrichment for a comprehensive incentive package to support the development of the North Carolina–based company’s planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility in the western part of the state. The performance-based incentive package would provide as much as $98.9 million in tax incentives and other economic incentives—provided that GLE reaches the required thresholds in investments and job creation.
In addition, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has completed a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) in response to GLE’s application to construct and operate the PLEF. Members of the public can submit comments on the draft EIS by May 11 for consideration by the NRC.
Fan Li, Vladimir Barabash, Warren Curd, Giovanni Dell'Orco, Babulal Gopalapillai, Keun-Pack Chang, Steve Ployhar, Fabio Somboli
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 2 | August 2011 | Pages 781-785
Safety & Environment | Proceedings of the Nineteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12480
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ITER is a joint international fusion facility to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power for future commercial electric power facilities. ITER is being designed and constructed in France with support from seven domestic agencies. In accordance with the Article 14 of the ITER Agreement, ITER shall observe French Regulations. Among various existing regulatory documents the French Decree 99-1046 concerning pressure equipment and the French Order dated 12th December 2005 concerning nuclear pressure equipment formulate the requirements for design, manufacture and operation of the pressure and nuclear pressure equipment.The ITER Tokamak Cooling Water System (TCWS) is comprised of 4 primary heat transfer systems and their supporting systems. TCWS provides the cooling water to client systems for heat removal during plasma operations and provides the primary confinement for the radioactive substances entrained in the cooling water. The main sources of radioactive substances include Tritium, Activated Corrosion Products (ACP), 14C isotope, 16N and 17N isotope. The concentration of these radioactive substances is a key parameter for the classification of TCWS equipment in accordance with French regulations.The paper will describe the process for classifying TCWS pressure equipment in accordance with French Regulations.
