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Type One Energy, TVA ink LOI in development of fusion power in Tennessee
The Tennessee Valley Authority has issued a letter of intent to fusion energy start-up Type One Energy regarding the utility’s interest in the potential deployment of Type One Energy’s fusion power plant technology at TVA’s former Bull Run fossil plant site once it is commercially ready.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 2 | October 1989 | Pages 531-534
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Health Physics and Environmental Release / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27749
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The radiologically hostile environment resulting from the Three Mile Island Unit 2 accident required the application of various techniques to provide effective personnel contamination protection. A wide variety of protective clothing was utilized throughout the cleanup, ranging from cloth clothing to heavy-duty firefighter’s gear for work in areas containing highintensity beta contamination. In prescribing protective clothing, the overall risk to the worker was considered to ensure that the intended task could be performed at maximum efficiency. Through the application of appropriate protective clothing, skin contaminations were effectively minimized.