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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.”
Masao Matsuyama, Kuniaki Watanabe, Toshinari Yamazaki
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 1045-1049
Analysis and Accountancy | 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-A30544
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A thin beryllium disk coated with a gold evaporated film of about 80 nm thickness was fabricated as an effective radiation window of bremsstrahlung X-rays. Its characteristics were examined in detail. The bremsstrahlung counting rate was proportional to the partial pressure of tritium above 0.1 Pa. The specific counting rate was evaluated as 70.8 cps/Pa. On the other hand, it decreased gradually with the total pressure above 2 kPa. This behavior was interpreted in terms of the self-absorption of β-particles in gas phase. It was revealed that the counting rate could be reproduced very well by a simple exponential function. From these results, it was concluded that the beryllium window coated with a thin gold evaporated film is a powerful device for in-situ measurements of tritium concentration in a wide range.