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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.”
W. Steele, J. Maniscalco, J. Gordon, S. Salem, T. McCarville, D. Berwald
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 985-990
Inertial Confinement Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22987
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A success oriented research and development plan for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) leading to a commercial demonstration reactor by the year 2010 has been generated. The R&D plan was developed by using the unique approach of combining an ICF-experienced project team with technical forecast information obtained through interviews with experts in ICF-relevant technologies. The technical forecast data were analyzed with a logic network formalism to determine preferred R&D options to reach the aggressive 2010 goal. The application of the developed technical forecasting techniques has proved to be a useful planning tool.