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Illinois legislature lifts ban on nuclear energy, funds clean energy
The Illinois General Assembly passed a clean energy bill on October 30 that would, in part, lift a 30-year moratorium on new nuclear energy in the state and create incentives for more energy storage.
C. Plichon, R. Gueraud, M. H. Richli, J. F. Casagrande
Nuclear Technology | Volume 49 | Number 2 | July 1980 | Pages 295-306
Nuclear Fuel Cycle | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32491
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The standardization of nuclear plants offers considerable advantages and results in particular in a reduction in deadlines and costs and in a concentration of the studies and testing facilities on a single type of equipment. In order that this standardization be even more beneficial, Electricité de France and Spie-Batignolles Company have developed the aseismic bearing foundation system based on the combination of elastomer and friction elements. This system permits the reconduction of a standardized nuclear plant in potentially higher seismic areas with an equivalent or even higher degree of safety. The implementation of this concept on actual nuclear power plants has necessitated a comprehensive analysis of technological and mathematical aspects during recent years.