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NRC updating GEIS rule for new nuclear technology
The Nuclear Regulatory Agency is issuing a proposed generic environmental impact statement (GEIS) for use in reviewing applications for new nuclear reactors.
In an April 17 memo, NRC secretary Carrie Safford wrote that the commission approved NRC staff’s recommendation to publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule amending 10 CFR Part 51, “Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.”
Osamu Komeda, Yoshitaka Mori, Ryouhei Hanayama, Shinichiro Okihara, Kazuhisa Fujita, Katsuhiro Ishii, Yoneyoshi Kitagawa, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Nakahiro Satoh, Takashi Sekine, Masaru Takagi, Hirofumi Kan, Naoki Nakamura, Takuya Kondo, Manabu Fujine, Hirozumi Azuma, Tatsumi Hioki, Mitsutaka Kakeno, Tomoyoshi Motohiro, Yasuhiko Nishimura
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 2 | March-April 2013 | Pages 296-300
Technical Paper | Selected papers from 20th Target Fabrication Meeting, May 20-24, 2012, Santa Fe, NM, Guest Editor: Robert C. Cook | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16353
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A neutron generator is developed using 1-mm-diam spherical deuterated polystyrene targets on a rotating disk irradiated with an ultrahigh-intensity (>1018 W/cm2) diode-pumped laser. It consists of a rotating disk supplier, the targets, and a control system to irradiate the targets at 1.25 Hz. We adjusted the laser focus and position on the target to obtain the maximum neutron yield.