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NRC approves V.C. Summer’s second license renewal
Dominion Energy’s V.C. Summer nuclear power plant, in Jenkinsville, S.C., has been authorized to operate for 80 years, until August 2062, following the renewal of its operating license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a second time.
A. N. Bukin, S. A. Marunich, Yu S. Pak, I. L. Rastunova, Mikhail B. Rozenkevich, A. Yu. Chebotov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 78 | Number 8 | November 2022 | Pages 595-606
Critical Review | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2022.2099180
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Based on a thermodynamic analysis of potentially applicable methods for water detritiation, it is concluded that the most promising methods are water distillation and chemical isotope exchange (ChIE) between hydrogen and water. Data on the mass transfer characteristics of these separation methods for various types of contact devices in countercurrent separation columns are presented. Installations for detritiation of light water are compared using the ITER reactor project as an example, and advantages and disadvantages of the methods are analyzed. Taking into account information about existing or planned water detritiation installations in different countries of the world, the conditions for the preferential application of ChIE technology are considered.