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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.”
Karl Jürgen Dietz, The Jet Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 4 | July 1991 | Pages 2031-2034
Technical Paper | Carbon Material Special | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29336
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The Joint European Torus (JET) Team has studied experimentally the use of beryllium as a material for walls and limiters. The experiments compare the plasma performance of evaporated beryllium layers and massive beryllium limiters with that of graphite. The use of beryllium is generally beneficial, and fusion rates >8 × 1020 m−3-keV·s are reached. The results of the beryllium operation are summarized.
