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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.”
J.S. Yoon, Y.D. Bae, B.G. Hong, J. G. Kwak
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 43 | Number 1 | January 2003 | Pages 101-104
Heating | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A11963574
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The high power RF transmission components are developed for transmitting MW level of RF power continuously in ICRF heating and current drive system. A water-cooled co-axial transmission line with the special connector for water sealing while maintaining electrical contact, a vacuum feedthrough of 1 MW RF power which. has two alumina (Al2O3, 97%) ceramic cylinders and O-ring seal instead of a brazed seal for good mechanical and thermal strength, and the phase shifter using liquid instead of gas for insulating dielectric medium were developed. RF tests show that stable operation is possible with the peak voltage over 30 kV for 300 seconds.