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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.”
M. Salvatores, I. Slessarev, A. Tchistiakov
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 124 | Number 2 | October 1996 | Pages 280-290
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE96-A28578
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A major issue to secure the development of nuclear energy in the future is the radioactive waste minimization‚ both inside the fuel cycle and in a deep geological storage. Most of the research activities have been devoted to assess the potential benefits of the so-called partitioning/transmutation technologies. The physical principles that provide an inherent minimization of the radioactive wastes is established. A new concept is introduced to characterize the radiotoxicity associated with various nuclei families in an equilibrium state. The analysis shows the potential of evolutionary nuclear systems, mostly based on known technologies and the potential of more futuristic systems, like accelerator-driven systems and the thorium fuel cycle.