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DOE opens pilot program to authorize test reactors outside national labs
Details of the plan to test new reactor concepts under the Department of Energy’s authority but outside national laboratory boundaries—first outlined in one of the four executive orders on nuclear energy released on May 23—were just released in a request for applications issued by the DOE.
P. Cortes, M. Iseli, L. Lepetit, P. Camp, N. Taylor, A. Rannou, T. Delaforge
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 3 | October 2011 | Pages 869-872
ITER | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12556
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This paper gives the rationale for creating through International Standard Organization a standard for confinement systems in Tritium facilities under the frame of the working group dealing with confinement, ventilation and shielding issues in the radiation protection subcommittee of the nuclear energy technical committee (ISO TC85/SC2/WG23).
