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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.”
W. Kowbel, M. Tillack
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 3 | April 2005 | Pages 596-600
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Inertial Fusion Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A751
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Inertial Fusion (IFE) optics presents a unique challenge. Ghoniem provides a mirror design for such an application. The surface has been chosen to be metallic, because dielectric materials exhibit great sensitivity to the effects of ionizing radiation. The leading high reflectivity candidate materials are aluminum, magnesium, silver, gold and copper. To select between these metals the following criteria were used:1) high reflectivity in the wavelength of interest2) effects of radiation on absorptivity3) surface temperature rise during the laser pulse4) thermal fatigue resistance5) radiation effects on surface deformation