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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.”
K. C. Liu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1006-1011
Fusion Materials—Properties and Behavior | Proceedings of the Seveth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Reno, Nevada, June 15–19, 1986) | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24866
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Unirradiated Vanstar-7 alloy was tested in fatigue at room temperature, 550°, and 650°C, respectively, in high vacuum below 10−5 Pa. The test data were analyzed and compared with those of V-15Cr-5Ti and 20% cold-worked type 316 stainless steel tested under the same condition. Results show that the fatigue resistance of Vanstar-7 is in general somewhat lower than that of V-15Cr-5Ti. The low fatigue performance for Vanstar-7 at the elevated temperatures in the high cycle range may be attributable to thermal creep damages because Vanstar-7 is less creep resistant than V-15Cr-5Ti. However, Vanstar-7 exhibits superior fatigue resistance compared with the stainless steel in the low strain range below 0.5% strain.