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NRC updating GEIS rule for new nuclear technology
The Nuclear Regulatory Agency is issuing a proposed generic environmental impact statement (GEIS) for use in reviewing applications for new nuclear reactors.
In an April 17 memo, NRC secretary Carrie Safford wrote that the commission approved NRC staff’s recommendation to publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule amending 10 CFR Part 51, “Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.”
Bernhard Unterberg, Ulrich Samm
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 45 | Number 2 | March 2004 | Pages 229-236
Technical Paper | Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics - Edge Physics and Exhaust | doi.org/10.13182/FST04-A487
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Basic properties of the plasma edge in magnetically confined fusion plasmas are summarised. Starting from the magnetic topology of tokamaks we describe the transport of the scrape-off layer including drifts and the consequences of the electrostatic Debye sheath in front of the plasma facing components. The relation between the local plasma density and temperature at the targets and the fluxes of power and particles in the SOL is discussed. The transport of the fuel neutrals (hydrogen atoms and molecules) is described.
