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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.”
Satoshi Konishi, Masahide Hara, Kenji Okuno
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 652-657
Tritium Processing | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30478
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Some variations and extensions of a Fuel Cleanup System based on the combination of palladium diffuser and a vapor electrolysis cell were studied to improve the flexibility to accept broader range of flow rate, gas contents and operation modes. Processing of inert gas - CH4, H2, He2O mixtures in a closed loop showed satisfactory detritiation, with the processing of methane by catalytic steam reforming and oxidation, and electrolytic oxidation. The decomposition of hydrocarbon on the anode side of the ceramic electrolysis cell was tested to study the feasibility as an oxidizer. The zirconia ceramic membrane with Pt electrode are tested with methane at the anode for oxidation, and water vapor on the cathode for reduction. The cell converted methane to carbon dioxide and vapor with high efficiency and simultaneously decomposed water vapor to hydrogen. This application of the cell simplifies the process, and eliminates the use of catalyst and oxygen gas. A versatile fuel cleanup that eliminates most of previos concerns and improves the performance is proposed.