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NRC adopts ROP updates
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a significant overhaul of its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection program that stresses a leaner, more risk-focused inspection process.
This adoption comes just over a month after NRC officials published their findings on the proposed ROP changes. The changes would reduce the number of hours spent annually on direct inspections at U.S. nuclear power plants by 38 percent.
E.T. Cheng, Takeo Muroga
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 981-985
Safety and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963369
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Multiple recycling and reuse of vanadium alloys in a fusion power plant was investigated. Required impurities to allow remote and hands-on handling to recycle the reactor components were identified. Impurities found in currently large-scale fabricated vanadium alloys were compared and discussed. Techniques to further reduce some of the undesirable impurities were identified and discussed.
