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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.”
THOMAS J. BURNETT
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 3 | May 1957 | Pages 382-393
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A25403
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The potential hazard resulting from the accidental release of the fission products accumulated in a reactor enters into both design and site selection. This hazard is associated principally with the resultant internal exposure which is greatest from isotopes with long half-lives. A useful index of a reactor's potential hazard is the accumulated number of activity quantities each capable of 25 rem total bone exposure. This hazard index is sensitive to the relative composition of these fission products and is given by the empirical equation: HI = 112.5 P0.37 (Pt)0.63, in which P is the power in watts at which the reactor is operated for t days. This equation, valid over the time range of principal interest (30 to 1000 days), permits comparison of potential hazard for constant burnup (the Pt product) and/or other design parameters.
