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NRC updating GEIS rule for new nuclear technology
The Nuclear Regulatory Agency is issuing a proposed generic environmental impact statement (GEIS) for use in reviewing applications for new nuclear reactors.
In an April 17 memo, NRC secretary Carrie Safford wrote that the commission approved NRC staff’s recommendation to publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule amending 10 CFR Part 51, “Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.”
Y. Zhang, X. G. Wang, X. J. Wang, H. C. Hu, Y. Liu, A. Ti, L. Q. Xu, X. D. Zhang, EAST Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 70 | Number 1 | July 2016 | Pages 62-72
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-138
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This paper discusses a control system for the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) that suppresses neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs) (3/2 and 2/1) by applying electron cyclotron (EC) heating and current drive. It allows the magnetic island to be detected and localized in real time and the EC beam to be deposited exactly on the island position by stepwise tuning of the steerable launch mirror. The mode features are identified with temperature perturbation to develop the algorithm for real-time island location. The necessary parameters for the design of the control system are discussed and determined based on simulation of the nonlinear island growth of NTMs with application of EC current drive. Although similar work has been done on many other devices, this is the first attempt on EAST.