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Federal court finds in favor of Diablo Canyon license review
A review from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week denied a challenge to the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant’s license renewal application extension granted by the federal government.
In late 2023, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission agreed to formally docket the California plant’s request to extend plant operations beyond the current license expiration dates of 2024 and 2025 for the two respective units.
K. Ilieva, T. Apostolov, S. Belousov, Iv. Penev, I. Popova
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 125 | Number 2 | February 1997 | Pages 243-247
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A24271
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Validation of neutron fluence on VVER-440 pressure vessel methodology is performed by comparative analysis of calculational compared with experimental results for the induced activity of scraps taken out from the inner surface of the VVER reactor pressure vessel after the 14th and 17th cycles. The mean deviation of 9% between the experimental and the calculated activity values is evaluated. The good consistency of the results demonstrates the validity of the neutron fluence calculational methodology.
