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DOE announces NEPA exclusion for advanced reactors
The Department of Energy has announced that it is establishing a categorical exclusion for the application of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures to the authorization, siting, construction, operation, reauthorization, and decommissioning of advanced nuclear reactors.
According to the DOE, this significant change, which goes into effect today, “is based on the experience of DOE and other federal agencies, current technologies, regulatory requirements, and accepted industry practice.”
A. Kasugai, R. Minami, K. Takahashi, N. Kobayashi, T. Kariya, Y. Mitsunaka, K. Sakamoto (21R05)
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 213-216
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1353
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The 170 GHz gyrotron for ITER demonstrated the stable and steady state 1000s operation with the output power of 0.6 MW and the efficiency of 45% by depressed collector. The remarkable progress was obtained with optimization of a built-in launcher and mirrors for significant reduction of the stray radiation to ~2% of the output power, improvement of electron beam quality for high oscillation efficiency and control of constant beam current for stable oscillation. The result indicates a promising prospect for development of a 1 MW-CW-50%, 170 GHz ITER gyrotron.