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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.”
D. H. Berwald, S. Zenczak
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1143-1151
Beryllium Technology | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39923
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Recent fusion electric and fusion breeder reactor design studies would utilize beryllium as a neutron multiplier. In this paper, this proposed usage is considered in the context of domestic and worldwide beryllium resources. Beryllium usage and resources are assessed, requirements for fusion-electric and fusion breeder designs are compiled, and estimates of the fusion economy which can be supported by the identified berylliym resource are developed. The results indicate that a substantial fusion economy can be supported by projected resources. However, efficient utilization and beryllium recycle will be required.