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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.”
Richard J. Thome, Plasma Fusion Center, MIT, NW17-205, Cambridge, MA 02139, (617)253-8155, J. Bart Czirr, Joel H. Schultz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1216-1222
Environment and Safety | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24896
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A survey was conducted among the major centers of large magnet development and operation in the USA to obtain information on magnet system failure and accident events. This paper summarizes the results in four tables which indicate the criticality, “why,” “where,” and “how” of the reported events. A brief summary of each of the 31 events covered in the survey is also included.