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NRC to conduct environmental review of GLE’s enrichment facility
As part of its environmental review of Global Laser Enrichment’s planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF) in Kentucky, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it will conduct a scoping process ahead of preparing an environmental impact statement for GLE’s license application. Announced in the September 5 Federal Register, the NRC is seeking written comments on the scope of the EIS until October 6.
Mitchell R. Swartz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 22 | Number 2 | September 1992 | Pages 296-300
Technical Note on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30113
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A quasi-one-dimensional model examines the electrochemical loading of isotopic fuel into a metal cathode. Both the competitive evolution of gas at that cathode and the ratio of the electric energy to thermal energy may control the spatial distribution and loading rate.
