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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.”
Satoshi Yanagihara, Yoshihiro Seiki, Hisashi Nakamura
Nuclear Technology | Volume 86 | Number 2 | August 1989 | Pages 148-158
Technical Paper | Decontamination and Decommissioning / Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34265
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Two techniques have been developed for the underwater dismantlement of the steel components of the Japan Power Demonstration Reactor (JPDR): the plasma arc for dismantling the reactor internals and the arc saw for cutting the reactor pressure vessel. In parameter tests, the cutting capability for these techniques was improved, and the characteristics of the byproducts were evaluated to enable proper design of the water purification and dross collection systems. Mockup tests, conducted as final systems performance checks, proved that the cutting systems developed are practical for dismantling the JPDR steel structures.
