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NRC to add new items to categorical exclusions list
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has identified five categories of action to add to its list of categorical exclusions to reduce its documentation work under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures.
These revisions are included in the final rule, “Categorical exclusions from environmental review,” which was published in the Federal Register on March 30. The final rule will become effective on April 29.
Hyun-Goo Kang, Sei-Hun Yun, Dongyou Chung, Yun-hee Oh, Min Ho Chang, Seungyon Cho, Hongsuk Chung, Kyu-Min Song
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 67 | Number 2 | March 2015 | Pages 400-403
Proceedings of TRITIUM 2013 | doi.org/10.13182/FST14-T38
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
For the safety of fusion fuel cycle, hydrogen isotope gases including tritium are stored as metal hydride form. To satisfy fueling requirement of fusion machine, rapid delivery from metal hydride bed is one of major factors for the development of tritium storage and delivery system. Desorption from metal hydride depends on the operation scenario by pressure and temperature control of the bed. The effect of operation scenario and pump performance on desorption rate of metal hydride bed was experimentally investigated using ZrCo bed. The results showed that the condition of pre-heating scenario before actual delivery of gas affected the delivery performance. Different pumps were connected to desorption line from bed and the effect of pump capacity on desorption rate were also found to be significant.