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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.”
T. Nakamura, Y. Oyama, Y. Ikeda, C. Konno, H. Maekawa, K. Kosako, M. Z. Youssef, M. A. Abdou
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1873-1878
Neutronic | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29616
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A new experimental arrangement using pseudo-line D-T neutron source has been developed to investigate the neutronics performance in the fusion blanket and related components. The arrangement is simple in construction and gives well-simulated fusion reactor environment combined with the flexibility in testing various factors. In examining the deficiencies in nuclear data, calculation methods or modeling, it provides a powerful means either for basic benchmark experiments in clear geometry or design-supporting experiments with complexity of the recent blanket design. The features of the line source facility and the experimental scope are described.