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NRC adopts ROP updates
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a significant overhaul of its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection program that stresses a leaner, more risk-focused inspection process.
This adoption comes just over a month after NRC officials published their findings on the proposed ROP changes. The changes would reduce the number of hours spent annually on direct inspections at U.S. nuclear power plants by 38 percent.
J. Q. Dong1, E. Montalvo, R. Carrera, M. Driga, K. T. Hsieh, W. A. Walls, W. F. Weldon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1083-1088
Ignition Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29487
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An internal inductor in a single-turn ignition tokamak is considered. The electromechanical loads on the poloidal field coils and the associated stresses are evaluated in the IGNITEX device. Stress reduction due to the presence of structural eddy currents is demonstrated and its importance for design and operation of a fusion ignition experiment is discussed.
