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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.”
T.A. Khan, D. Tom, R.T. Watts
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 898-903
Tritium | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40148
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In the design of facilities which handle tritium, radiation safety assessments for various operational parameters and conditions are required. A computer-based system, entitled RAPTIAH, has been developed which performs the analyses and provides the fundamental information required for such assessment. RAPTIAH starts by estimating fluid leak rates from individual components. From the leak rates it derives the rate of tritium release in each area of the facility. Next, the airborne tritium concentrations in areas of the facility and the release of tritium to the environment are obtained. Finally, using component reliability data and the pattern of maintenance, the potential tritium exposure to occupational individuals is estimated. RAPTIAH may be used to identify design measures which would enhance radiation protection in tritium handling facilities.