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NRC cuts fees by 50 percent for advanced reactor applicants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced it has amended regulations for the licensing, inspection, special projects, and annual fees it will charge applicants and licensees for fiscal year 2025.
Yuji Torikai, A. N. Perevezentsev, Masao Matsuyama, Kuniaki Watanabe
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 736-740
Decontamination and Waste | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-2
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
To establish efficient decontamination methods for tritium-contaminated stainless steels, the desorption of tritium was studied for SS-316 in dry and wet argon gas carriers at different temperatures. The specimen was exposed to tritium at 523 K for 3 hours. The tritium inventory was in a range from 2 to 12 MBq. The desorption at elevated temperatures was measured by using a liquid scintillation counter. In addition, the tritium depth profiles in the specimen were evaluated by β-ray induced X-ray spectrometry. It was found that the decontamination efficiency was enhanced by the presence of moisture. This effect was ascribed to the isotope exchange reaction on the surface. The depth profile measurements revealed the presence of tritium-rich subsurface layer and the bulk with lower tritium concentration. The majority of tritium was, however, found in the bulk, indicating that extraction of bulk tritium is essential for the decontamination of SS-316 exposed to tritium at high temperatures.