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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.”
D. A. Petti, R. A. Anderl, G. R. Smolik, D.-K. Sze, T. Terai, S. Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 807-811
Design and Model | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22696
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The second Japan/US Program on Irradiation Tests for Fusion Research (JUPITER-II) began on April 1, 2001. Part of the collaborative research centers on studies of the molten salt 2LiF-BeF2 (also known as Flibe) for fusion applications. Flibe has been proposed as a self-cooled breeder in both magnetic and inertial fusion power plant designs over the last twenty years. The key feasibility issues associated with the use of Flibe are the corrosion of structural material by the molten salt, tritium control in the molten salt blanket system, and safe handling practices and releases from Flibe during an accidental spill. An overview of the experimental program to address the key feasibility issues is presented.
