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In quickest review, NRC approves 20-year renewal for Robinson
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the Robinson nuclear power plant’s operating license in record time, the agency announced last week.
The subsequent license renewal process for the Hartsville, S.C., facility was completed within 12 months, according to the NRC. The process has typically taken 18 months. This was the first license renewal review conducted under the directive of Executive Order 14300 to streamline processes like renewing operating licenses.
Yoichi Watanabe, Jacob Appelbaum
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 615-619
Advanced Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946907
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A magnetically stabilized fluidized bed nuclear fission reactor (MSFBR) concept is proposed. A large number of fuel particles with 1 mm diameter containing ferromagnetic material are floated in the reactor core by balancing the gravitational force and the drag force of helium coolant flow. Superconducting solenoid coils produce magnetic fields inside the reactor core. Advantages of the MSFBR concept are its excellent heat transfer property from the fuel to the coolant and improved safety, while the bed is stabilized by the magnetic force, contrary to previous fluidized bed reactor concepts.