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Proposed rule for more flexible licensing under Part 53 is open for comment
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published a proposed rule that has been almost five years in the making: Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors. The rule, which by law must take its final form before the end of 2027, would let the NRC and license applicants use technology-inclusive approaches and risk-informed, performance-based techniques to effectively license any nuclear technology. This is a departure from two licensing options with light water reactor–specific regulatory requirements that applicants can already choose.
P.I. Melnikov, I.A. Ivanov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 366-369
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963886
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The new spectroscopic method for measurement of hot plasma parameters is developed. The method based on Hα profile monitoring. The profile was accurately calculated for a wide range of plasma parameters (ne∼1014÷1017 cm−3, Te∼1÷500 eV,) Use of the method in the experiment gives the electron density and ion temperature dependence from the time. Measurements was in a good agreement with diamagnetic loop dates.
