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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.”
Naoaki Yoshida, Shuji Mizusawa, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeo Muroga
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 798-801
Plasma-Facing Components: Analysis and Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963034
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Thermal desorption of deuterium(D) from 8-keV D-ion irradiated beryllium(Be) above room temperature was correlated with microstructural changes during irradiation and annealing to understand the underlying mechanism of retention and trapping of D. D bubbles are formed at all examined temperatures between 300K and 873K. Large roundish bubbles above 200nm are especially formed above 573K. They remain even after annealing up to 973K. Strong retention of D by the bubbles occurs for the irradiation up to 673K.