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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.”
T. Muroga, T. Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 3 | April 2005 | Pages 540-543
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - First Wall, Blanket, and Shield | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A740
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A neutronics-based investigation was carried out for self-cooled Blanket Test Modules in ITER with coolant of liquid lithium and structural materials of V-4Cr-4Ti. The design feasibility was demonstrated for the test module having the purpose to validate the tritium self sufficiency for DEMO Li/V blanket without neutron multiplier Be.