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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.”
T. Horie, M. Seki, A. Minato, T. Tone
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 753-758
Fusion Materials—Radiation Effects and Activation | Proceedings of the Seveth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Reno, Nevada, June 15–19, 1986) | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24831
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Analysis and experiments on lifetime predictions of the first wall and divertor plate of fusion reactors have been performed. The analysis is based on both a one-dimensional plate model and a two-dimensional elastic-plastic finite element method. The experiments consist of mechanical fatigue tests, thermal fatigue tests, and tests of vaporized loss of materials. From these results, discussions of lifetime prediction procedures for fusion reactor components are made.