Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 24, 2017
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The University of Wisconsin proposes to enable the accelerated commercialization of advanced manufactured compact heat exchangers for use in nuclear systems. This will be accomplished by the following. Development of rules and regulations for use of CHX in ASME section III. Experimental studies and experiment validation of full inelastic finite element analysis of diffusion welded compact heat exchangers. Design, fabrication, and testing of CHX under prototypic conditions with detailed assessment of QA requirements. Non-destructive testing and evaluation of CHX during construction, after construction as well as in-service inspection. Destructive pressure testing and evaluation of multiple prototypic CHX with post-test analysis compared to NDE evaluation.