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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.”
P.N. Haubenreich, S. Shimamoto, P. Komarek, G. Vécsey
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 909-914
Magnet Engineering, Design and Experiments — I | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39809
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In the 10-year-long Large Coil Task, the U.S., EURATOM, Japan and Switzerland separately designed and jointly tested six superconducting toroidal field coils, having 2.5 × 3.5-m bores. Three coils were bath-cooled; three used forced flow. Five used NbTi conductors; one Nb3Sn. All were fully instrumented. All coils surpassed 8-T design criteria, reaching peak fields of 9.0 T. Tests demonstrated tolerances for internal heating and safety under abnormal conditions (e.g., loss of flow). Data were gained in experiments to extreme conditions. This paper summarizes results, both technical and with regard to successful international collaboration.