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DOE issues new NEPA rule and procedures—and accelerates DOME reactor testing
Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and implementation procedures and published on its website an interim final rule that rescinds existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.
X. R. Wang, S. Malang, A. R. Raffray, the ARIES Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 4 | May 2005 | Pages 1074-1078
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - First Wall, Blanket, and Shield | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A829
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The key issues associated with the three maintenance approaches envisaged for the Compact Stellarator (CS) power core have been identified and addressed, and the layout of coil system, coil supporting structure, cryostats, vacuum vessel and maintenance ports have been conceptually defined. These are summarized in this paper. Blanket concepts compatible with the three maintenance approaches have been investigated, and will be reported in separate papers. State-of-art CAD tools have been used in this study to verify clearances for blanket movements during maintenance operations and to determine the maximum size of the blanket replacement units.
