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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.”
Tadahiko Mizuno, Tadashi Akimoto, Kazuhisa Azumi, Masatoshi Kitaichi, Kazuya Kurokawa, Michio Enyo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 29 | Number 3 | May 1996 | Pages 385-389
Technical Paper | Electrolytic Devices for Energy Generation | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A30725
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A coin-shaped proton conductor made from metal oxides of strontium and cerium can be charged in a hot D2 gas atmosphere to produce excess heat. Anomalous heat evolution was observed from the proton conductors charged with alternating current at 5 to 45 V at temperatures ranging from 400 to 700°C. The anomalous heat produced temperature increases as much as 50°C. Excess heat was estimated as a few watts in most cases, totaling up to several kilojoules.