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Fusion office bill introduced in line with DOE reorganization plan
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Sens. Alex Padilla (D., Calif.) and John Cornyn (R., Texas) have introduced bipartisan legislation to formally establish the Office of Fusion at the Department of Energy. This move seeks to codify one of the many changes put forward by the recent internal reorganization plan for offices at the DOE.
Companion legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Don Beyer (D., Va.) and Jay Obernolte (R., Calif.), who are cochairs of the House Fusion Energy Caucus.
Details: According to Obernolte, “Congress must provide clear direction and a coordinated federal strategy to move fusion from the lab to the grid, and this legislation does exactly that.”
Thomas L. Hebble
Nuclear Technology | Volume 17 | Number 1 | January 1973 | Pages 79-81
Technical Note | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31257
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The dose reduction factor is used in the evaluation of containment vessel spray systems that are designed for the removal of atmospheric contaminants in pressurized water reactors. This note examines the variability of this factor for the specific removal of elemental iodine. Two aspects of variability are considered. First, a method is given for estimating the variance of the dose reduction factor as a function of two random variables: (a) spray drop diameter, and (b) spray drop velocity. Second, an estimate of the variance is based on observations from three repeated Nuclear Safety Pilot Plant runs.
