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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.”
G. W. Hollenberg, R. H. Jones, G. E. Lucas
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1701-1706
Material and Tritium | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29587
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Ceramic/ceramic composites, in particular, SiC/SiC composites, offer two major advantages over conventional structural metals for fusion applications; i.e., low activation under neutron irradiation and high temperature mechanical properties. These composites face several challenging issues which include: fabrication scale up, joining methods, and chemical compatibility. Inherent porosity, together with microcracking that occurs during stressing beyond the yield strength may negate the consideration of these composites for hermetic boundaries unless combined with other materials. Irradiation stability is an issue until better data can be obtained. Hence, the feasibility of using these composites in a fusion structure remains to be established.