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NRC nominee Nieh commits to independent safety mission
During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
Yasuo Shimomura, ITER International Team, Participant Teams
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | July 2003 | Pages 3-10
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Fusion Plenary and Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A303
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ITER is planned to be the first fusion experiment operating under reactor-relevant plasma conditions integrated with key technologies in a regulatory licensed environment. The ITER design, safety analysis and cost estimates are supported by the physics basis, analyses and technology R&D. Full-sized or scalable modules of key components have been successfully manufactured and tested. The scientific and technological bases to start ITER construction are established. Inter-governmental negotiations to prepare the Joint Implementation Agreement for ITER construction and operation are expected to conclude in 2003. ITER operation would then be able to start in 2013.
