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NRC completes environmental review of Dresden SLR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found that the environmental impacts of renewing the operating license of the Dresden nuclear power plant outside Chicago, Ill., for an additional 20 years are not great enough to prohibit doing so.
Alan Evans, John L. Russell, Benjamin B. Cipiti
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 1 | June 2023 | Pages S70-S79
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2112134
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Advanced nuclear reactors have moved toward smaller, modular construction and will likely dominate the expansion of nuclear energy in the near future. These compact reactors need new physical protection approaches to reduce costs while still meeting regulatory requirements to allow nuclear to be competitive with competing sources of electricity. This paper presents new technologies and new physical protection approaches that can help optimize protection costs for new facilities. The deliberate motion algorithm for efficient intrusion detection and alternative response force strategies and options is presented.