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NRC updating GEIS rule for new nuclear technology
The Nuclear Regulatory Agency is issuing a proposed generic environmental impact statement (GEIS) for use in reviewing applications for new nuclear reactors.
In an April 17 memo, NRC secretary Carrie Safford wrote that the commission approved NRC staff’s recommendation to publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule amending 10 CFR Part 51, “Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.”
Christian Day et al.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 48 | Number 1 | July-August 2005 | Pages 29-34
Technical Paper | Tritium Science and Technology - Tritium Processing, Transportation, and Storage | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A873
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A cryosorption panel test arrangement was installed in the Cryogenic Forevacuum (CF) Subsystem of the Active Gas Handling System (AGHS) at JET. The pump panels were of ITER relevant design in terms of geometry and dimension, coating and sorbent material. The central objective of this investigation was to study, for the first time in such an in-depth and parametric way, the interaction of tritium and tritiated gas mixtures with the panel and the influence on pumping performance and regeneration characteristics. This paper describes how the pump was implemented in the system and summarizes the major experimental results obtained in a two-staged programme: First, the test set-up was used to pump process gases under the Trace Tritium Campaign at JET; secondly, a dedicated test campaign was performed with defined external supply of tritium via a U-bed. It is highlighted that the ITER cryosorption pumping concept achieves highest pumping speeds for tritium. No show-stoppers have been identified.