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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 1040-1045
Antimatter Energy Sources | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946978
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Nuclear explosive spacecraft propulsion offers the high thrust and high specific impulse required for manned interplanetary missions. To achieve high velocity requires either long shock absorber or a large number of tiny nuclear explosions. Microexplosions are attractive, but presently conceived drivers are very massive. Antiproton induced microfusion/fission may provide a light-weight alternative. Generally the energy from antiprotons is deposited over such a large region of space that it cannot efficiently drive nuclear capsules. Antiproton induced fission and self-generated magnetic fields may greatly enhance energy localization.