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NRC proposed rule for licensing reactors authorized by DOE, DOD
Nuclear reactor designs approved by the Department of Energy or Department of Defense could get streamlined pathways through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s commercial licensing process should applicants wish to push the technology into the civilian sector.
A proposed rule introduced April 2 by the NRC would “improve NRC licensing review efficiency, where applicable, by explicitly establishing by regulation an additional means for reactor applicants to demonstrate the safety functions of their reactor designs, and thus, would contribute to the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies.”
Hans Conrads
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 106 | Number 3 | November 1990 | Pages 299-307
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A29058
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The properties of dense plasma focus, a point source of fusion neutrons with high flux density, are described and its applications to problems in fusion technology are discussed, including assessment of the performance of electronics and diagnostics in the stream of neutrons behind a breeding blanket, measurement of the concentration of neutron-induced isomeres in the first wall and blanket, and determining radiation-induced damage under pulsed and steady neutron loads. The plasma focus phenomenon is described and the technical details of a device for high repetition rates are given, including the characteristics of the electrical circuits. Scaling the yield for 10- and 13-MeV neutrons in tritium-free discharges is also addressed.