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DOE issues new NEPA rule and procedures—and accelerates DOME reactor testing
Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and implementation procedures and published on its website an interim final rule that rescinds existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.
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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.