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Bipartisan Fusion Energy Act pushes for regulatory clarity
Padilla
Sen. Alex Padilla (D., Calif.) introduced the Fusion Energy Act (S. 4151) last month with a bipartisan group of cosponsors—John Cornyn (R., Texas), Cory Booker (D., N.J.), Todd Young (R., Ind.), and Patty Murray (D., Wash.). The legislation would codify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regulatory authority over commercial fusion energy systems to streamline the creation of clear federal regulations that will support the development of commercial fusion power plants—and would require a report within one year on a study of risk- and performance-based, design-specific licensing frameworks for “mass-manufactured fusion machines.
“Congress must do everything in its power to ensure continued U.S. leadership in developing commercial fusion energy facilities,” said Padilla as he introduced the bill. “The Fusion Energy Act would provide regulatory certainty for investors as the NRC develops and streamlines frameworks for such facilities.”
Sheldon L. Kahalas
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 3-5
Progress in Fusion Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22838
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The present status of the inertial fusion program is reviewed. The program has two major applications, one to military areas, the other to long-term energy needs. The near-term program is described by a 5-year program plan that coordinates research and culminates in a 1987 decision. The near-term program strategy is to build and operate the three new large facilities, ANTARES, NOVA, and PBFA II in order to maximize the physics data base needed to evaluate the driver-target requirements for ignition and higher gain. Low-cost driver technology will also play an important role in the 1987 program decision. Depending on the outcome of this decision, there is a succession of archetypical facilities and associated systems studies necessary to achieve goals for long-term energy needs through inertial fusion. These are briefly discussed.