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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.”
Tsutomu Sato, Makoto Okamoto, Poong Kim, Yasuhiko Fujii, Otohiko Aizawa
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 2 | March 1991 | Pages 357-363
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29368
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Neutron measurements are conducted during heavy water electrolysis in a glass cell equipped with a palladium cathode and a platinum anode set in separate electrode compartments. The electrolysis shows neutron emission peaks at 5 h (runs 1 and 2) and at 20 h (run 3) after start-up. The neutron emission peaks were clearly detected by independent A and B 3He counter channels; the peak values exceed 3σ. The neutron emissions are confirmed to occur in bursts.