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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.”
Igor L. Beltyukov, Nikolay B. Bondarenko, Arsen A. Janelidze, Mikhail Yu. Gapanov, Konstantin G. Gribanov, Stanislav V. Kondratov, Aleksey G. Maltsev, Peter I. Novikov, Sergey A. Tsvetkov, Vyacheslav I. Zakharov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 2 | September 1991 | Pages 234-238
Technical Note on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29694
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A laser-induced cold fusion reaction has been obtained in Ti-H2-D2-T2 systems. Correlations are found among gamma-ray pulses, neutron emission pulses, and phase transitions in the Ti-D2 system. No thermal effect is observed. Gamma-ray fluxes of ∼5 × 103 gamma/s and neutron emission of ∼2 × 102 n/s in pulses of <0.5 s have been obtained. The possibility of laser generation of gamma rays in the cold fusion reaction is discussed, as are aspects of laser-induced phase transitions in metal-gas systems.