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NRC issues Palisades’ final environmental assessment of no significant findings
The Palisades nulear power plant received a final “clean bill” of environmental assessment impact from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission today.
The NRC’s staff EA and conclusion of no significant environmental impact for the Covert, Mich., plant, which plans to restart after operations were halted three years ago this month due to economic hardships in the energy market.
Teruo Tamano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 111-116
Overview Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947054
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Recent tandem mirror operations are summarized. These include potential formation without sloshing ion beam injection, MHD stability, axial potential confinement, and radial transport. As a result of potential plugging, ion temperatures of 10 keV are achieved. Beta values up to 14 % are also observed, and thermonuclear fusion neutrons are detected. Suppression of drift waves due to ExB shear flows is identified as a key factor for the good radial confinement Work to be done in present-day devices and future prospects are discussed.
