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NRC issues draft EA/FONSI for Duane Arnold restart
Efforts by NextEra Energy to restart the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant as early as 2029 continue to move forward with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's preliminary environmental assessment and determination that the restart would have no significant environmental impacts.
On Thursday, the NRC posted a draft environmental assessment and a finding of no significant impact for the Palo, Iowa, facility; the Federal Register notice was published on Monday. The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing is a cooperating agency on the draft EA, as the DOE is considering providing financial assistance to the restart project.
A. N. Bukin, V. S. Moseeva, A. V. Ovcharov, S. A. Marunich, Yu. S. Pak, M. B. Rozenkevich
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 3 | April 2020 | Pages 358-365
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1712981
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In this work, experimental and mathematical substantiation of the possibility of using the new RCTU-4 hydrophobic catalyst [0.9 mass % Pt/styrene and divinylbenzene (SDVB)] in the separation of protium-tritium isotopic mixtures by a two-temperature catalytic exchange method in a water-hydrogen system was carried out. Variation of the synthesis parameters of the support and the catalyst allowed a significant increase in the activity (≥50 s–1) and heat resistance (≈550 K) of the investigated sample compared to the previously used catalyst RCTU-3SM (kexp = 12 s−1; heat resistance = 388 K). The mathematical model presented in the paper considers three phases (liquid water, steam, and hydrogen gas) and allows optimization of dual-temperature installations in the water-hydrogen system for any isotopic mixtures.