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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.”
Vijay R. Nargundkar, Tejen Kumar Basu, Om Prakash Joneja
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 12 | Number 3 | November 1987 | Pages 380-394
Technical Paper | Blanket Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST87-A25070
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Neutron multiplication measurements for 14-MeV neutrons were carried out in thick beryllium and graphite assemblies at the Institute for Reactor Development, Jülich, Federal Republic of Germany. Earlier Monte Carlo calculations using the ENDF/B-III library contained systematic errors that did not account for the predominant axial thermalization and non-1/v absorption in polyethylene. In addition, the calculational geometry differed considerably from the experimental geometry. These deficiencies have been eliminated in the present calculations, where the Los Alamos 30-group CLAW-IV library has been used. The anisotropy of the source in space and energy has also been taken into account. The results show that the calculated value of neutron multiplication is 20% higher (originally reported 30% higher) than the measured multiplication in beryllium. The results confirm the measurements made with BeO. For graphite and lead, excellent agreement is found between calculated and measured multiplication.