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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.”
Kiwamu Sugisaki, Keiichi Hirano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 318-324
Reversed Field Pinch Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947096
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A self sustaining toroidal Z pinch fusion reactor, based on dynamo action energized by fusion produced a particles, is investigated. A zero dimensional power balance equation indicates that a DT reactor of the toroidal current of 24 MA and the plasma radius of 1 m is achievable with realistic plasma parameters and engineering requirements. Studies on advanced DD cases are also done to indicate that a high beta operation is essential.