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A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits.
Shunji Kakiuchi, Yoshiaki Kazawa, Kunishige Kuroda, Hisanao Ogata, Osamu Motojima, Atsuo Iiyoshi, Koji Uo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 912-917
Magnet Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22976
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Design studies on the superconducting helical coil of Heliotron G reactor are reported. Neither demountable nor modular helical coil system was adopted. The continuous helical coil with the cryostat is constructed in a body with a plasma vacuum vessel. Three design examples will be described. For pool boiling and forced flow cooled types, single-layered coil is proposed so as to ensure the reliability of the insulation and of the helical winding. Large current conductors are designed. For superfluid bath cooled type, a conductor available in the present stage is used and multi-layered coil is designed.