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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.”
Weigang Hui, Bassam A. Bamieh, George H. Miley
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 25 | Number 3 | May 1994 | Pages 318-325
Technical Paper | Alpha-Particle Special / Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A30287
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An integrated zero-dimensional plasma-control code, ASH, has been developed and employed to study the possibility of controlling the burn condition of a fusion reactor of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor type by modulating the refueling rate. A constant-gain proportional feedback controller is synthesized; the values of feedback gains are obtained by either pole placement or an design. Compared with the use of modulated auxiliary heating alone, modulation of the refueling rate can provide important additional leverage in tokamak burn control. A key feature of this system is the incorporation of robust control theory to allow for modeling uncertainties.