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NRC to add new items to categorical exclusions list
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has identified five categories of action to add to its list of categorical exclusions to reduce its documentation work under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures.
These revisions are included in the final rule, “Categorical exclusions from environmental review,” which was published in the Federal Register on March 30. The final rule will become effective on April 29.
G. Moraw, M. Schneeberger, A. Szeless
Nuclear Technology | Volume 33 | Number 2 | April 1977 | Pages 174-183
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31775
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Energy analysis has been used to compare the energy investments for construction and operation of a nuclear and a solar power plant, both having the same electrical output. By means of dynamic energy analysis, construction programs for nuclear and solar power were investigated with respect to the necessary energy investment. It turns out that, considering only the energy investment aspect, present-day light water reactors use considerably less energy for their construction and operation than do solar thermal conversion plants.
