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DOE issues new NEPA rule and procedures—and accelerates DOME reactor testing
Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and implementation procedures and published on its website an interim final rule that rescinds existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.
T. Kawabe, S. Hirayama, Y. Kozaki, K. Yoshikawa, N. Asami, Y. Fukai, K. Hattori, H. Hojo, T. Honda, H. Ida, T. Kitajima, S. Koda, K. Komatsu, R. Kumazawa, F. Matsuoka, T. Miyasugi, N. Morino, H. Nakashima, H. Nakata, S. Sato, Y. Uede, T. Watanabe, M. Yamada, Y. Yamamoto, H. Yamato
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1102-1110
Nuclear Technology Experiments and Facilities | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24880
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Conceptual design study of 14-MeV neutron source (FEF) of compact DT plasma based on the mirror confinement has been carried out to clarify the critical issues both in plasma physics and engineering. Characteristic feature of FEF-II are (i) use of RF pondermotive force for MHD stability, (ii) use of water for radiation shield of SC coil and (iii) use of end electrode system including plasma direct energy conversion. Several sets of plasma parameters are obtained under the variety of conditions from the most pessimistic case where the charge exchange (CX) loss of ions is dominant to the most optimistic case where the CX loss is negligible. The engineering feasibility has been studied for the pessimistic case. It was found that most of the engineering are feasible in the optimistic case, and that even in the pessimistic case by increasing plasma parameters there is possibility to meet engineering requirement.