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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.”
I. E. Boitsov, S. K. Grishechkin, S. V. Zlatoustovskiy, A. A. Yukhimchuk
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 48 | Number 1 | July-August 2005 | Pages 609-612
Technical Paper | Tritium Science and Technology - Materials Interaction and Permeation | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A999
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The paper presents results of tritium-structural materials interaction modeling by simultaneous exposure to radiogenic helium-3 and hydrogen (both dissolved and external). This method of synergetic effect of radiogenic helium-3 and hydrogen is a radiation-safe technique to study the tritium impact on mechanical properties of structural materials. Applicability of the method is illustrated by technique and research results on the impact of high-pressure hydrogen (80MPa), helium-3 (concentration ~140appm) and their synergetic (hydrogen+3He) effects on mechanical properties of CrNi40MoCuTiAl alloy in temperature range from 20 to 600°C. It has been shown that joint effect of radiogenic helium-3 and hydrogen on mechanical properties of alloy can not be represented as the result of a simple summation of helium and hydrogen embrittlement. Proposed technique of synergetic impact of radiogenic helium-3 and hydrogen allows more correct simulation and investigation in the tritium impact on mechanical properties of materials than individual research in helium or hydrogen embrittlement.
