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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.
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T. Arita, T. Yamanishi, Y. Iwai, K. Okuno, N. Kobayashi, I. Yamamoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 864-868
Fuel Cycle and Tritium Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963045
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A system for recovery of tritium in water has been proposed. The system is composed of CECE(Combined Electrolysis Chemical Exchange) and CTD(Cryogenic-walI Thermal Diffusion) columns. A design study was carried out for the two cases: the waste water processing in fusion facilities; and the tritium recovery from heavy water in a fission reactor in Japan. The size and power consumption of the system can greatly be reduced by using the CECE column than the system of WD(Water Distillation) columns. The operation and maintenance of the CTD column are quite easier than the CD(Cryogenic Distillation) column. The proposed system would be applicable for some cases such as the waste water processing in tritium facilities, where the processing flow rate is relatively small.