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Judge temporarily blocks DOE’s move to slash university research funding
A group of universities led by the American Association of Universities (AAU) acted swiftly to oppose a policy action by the Department of Energy that would cut the funds it pays to universities for the indirect costs of research under DOE grants. The group filed suit Monday, April 14, challenging a what it termed a “flagrantly unlawful action” that could “devastate scientific research at America’s universities.”
By Wednesday, the U.S. District Court judge hearing the case issued a temporary restraining order effective nationwide, preventing the DOE from implementing the policy or terminating any existing grants.
J. Gomez del Rio, J. Sanz, S. Reyes, J. F. Latkowski
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 1008-1012
Safety and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963374
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Estimating radiological risks is an essential part of an assessment of fusion as an attractive source of energy. Due to the limited data specific to radionuclides of interest to fusion reactors, one of the goals of this work is to expand the Dose Conversion Factors (DCF) library for use in the calculation of different types of off-site doses and associated health effect consequences. This expansion accounts for about 300 radionuclides included in accidental activity releases from HYLIFE-II and SOMBRERO IFE Power Plants. Furthermore, for each of the radionuclides included in the new DCF library, we address a parametric study of accident consequences by varying the atmospheric stability, wind speed, rain conditions, and thermal plume rise. The results of these calculations allow us to identify the most troublesome radionuclides in terms of safety consequences as well as the impact of the different atmospheric scenarios.
