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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Kim David Auclair, Joann S. Epler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 2 | October 1989 | Pages 504-508
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Health Physics and Environmental Release / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27744
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A considerable amount of information has been obtained and documented concerning the March 1979 accident, and its consequences, at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nuclear generating station. This information has usefulness beyond its immediate application at TMI-2. Issues raised as a result of the accident pose questions that are technical, legal, financial, and political in nature. These issues are far reaching and complex; consequently, the matrix organization responding to these issues may also seem complex. Because the quantity of information is vast, “technical data” generated as a result of the TMI-2 accident cleanup activities are emphasized. A summary of the most common types of information generated and the administrative entities associated with them is given.