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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 2 | September 1991 | Pages 186-199
Technical Paper | Tritium System | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29689
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Two processes that use metal hydrides for tritium handling have been installed in the Savannah River Site tritium facilities and have been used in routine tritium processing operations for nearly the past 3 years. These processes represent significant demonstrations of metal hydride technology for pumping, purification (inert gas separation), storage, and compression of tritium. Pumping and purification are demonstrated with a pump/purifier that uses palladium supported on kieselguhr as the hydrogen isotope-absorbing material. Storage and compression are demonstrated in a tritium loading facility that uses LaNi4.15Al0.85 beds for tritium storage, and LaNi4.7Al0.3 and Ca0.2Mm0.8Ni5(Mm-Mischmetal) beds for tritium compression. Operating data collected during routine operation of the pump/purifier and the loading facility are presented and discussed.