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In quickest review, NRC approves 20-year renewal for Robinson
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the Robinson nuclear power plant’s operating license in record time, the agency announced last week.
The subsequent license renewal process for the Hartsville, S.C., facility was completed within 12 months, according to the NRC. The process has typically taken 18 months. This was the first license renewal review conducted under the directive of Executive Order 14300 to streamline processes like renewing operating licenses.
Sümer Şahin, Ertuğrul Baltacioğlu, Hüseyin Yapici
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 1 | August 1991 | Pages 26-39
Technical Paper | Blanket Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29640
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The potential of a catalyzed fusion-driven fast hybrid blanket to regenerate Canada deuterium uranium (CANDU) spent fuel is investigated. The investigations are done to achieve enrichment grades of fissile isotopes (EGFIs) in four applications: 1. recycling in a conventional commercial CANDU reactor (EGFI = 0.71 to 0.9%) 2. recycling in an advanced conceptual CANDU reactor with a high burnup rate (EGFI = 1%) 3. recycling in an advanced breeder with thorium fuel (EGFI > 1.5%) 4. recycling in a conventional light water reactor (LWR)(EGFI>3%). The regeneration periods of 5 to 7, 6 to 9, 12 to 15, and >30 months, respectively, are evaluated for the four reactor types under a first-wall fusion neutron current load of 1014(2.45-MeV n)/cm2-s and 1014(14.1-MeV n)/cm2-s, corresponding to 2.64 MW/m2 and a plant factor of 75%. During the regeneration process, the burnup rates vary from 2000 MWd/t (for conventional CANDU) to 10000 MWd/t (forLWRs), so that multiple recycling becomes possible.
