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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.”
B. A. Engholm
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 381-386
Neutronics and Shielding | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22894
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Neutronics analysis for the TFTR Lithium Blanket Module (LBM) design included 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D exploratory calculations culminating in reference noncoupled and coupled Monte Carlo calculations of fluxes, tritium production, and foil responses throughout the module for both D-T and D-D plasmas. ,Neutron flux and tritium production were shown to be quite flat across the module, validating the choice of a 10-cm-radius central test region. A Monte Carlo perturbation routine was extensively used for modeling studies. The front-face fusion fluence and central region tritium production can be calculated to better than ±15% uncertainty overall.