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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.”
P.-A. Haldy, A. Kumar, C. Sahraoui, S. Azam, D.V.S. Ramakrishna, J.-P. Schneeberger, F. Tsang, L. Green
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 931-939
Lithium Blanket Module Program at the LOTUS Neutron Source Facility | Proceedings of the Seveth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Reno, Nevada, June 15–19, 1986) | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24855
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
LOTUS is the name of a test facility dedicated to neutronics integral experiments in blanket assemblies representative of future fusion reactor blankets. It is situated at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. The main features of the facility and of its 14-Mev high intensity neutron generator are presented, as well as an overview of the experimental program being carried out at LOTUS. Two different types of blanket modules are being tested at the moment: a flexible assembly of different blanket zones, designed at Lausanne, and the Lithium Blanket Module developed at Princeton. Outcome of the first experiments performed with this last module are given, together with results of a preliminary 2-D numerical analysis.