AFCI Challenges
AFCI may refer to: * Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative * Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter * Association of Film Commissioners International Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative
The Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) is an extensive research and development effort of the United States Department of Energy (DOE). The mission and focus of AFCI is to enable the safe, secure, economic and sustainable expansion of nuclear energy by conducting research, development, and demonstration focused on nuclear fuel recycling and waste management to meet U.S. needs. The program was absorbed into the GNEP project, which was renamed IFNEC. Focus * Continue critical fuel cycle research, development and demonstration (RD&D) activities * Pursue development of policy and regulatory framework to support fuel cycle closure * Determine and develop RD&D infrastructure needed to mature technologies * Establish advanced modeling and simulation program element * Implement a science-based RD&D program Campaigns The AFCI is an extensive RD&D effort to close the fuel cycle. The different areas within the AFCI are separated into campaigns. The RD&D of each campaign is complete ...
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Arc-fault Circuit Interrupter
An arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) or arc-fault detection device (AFDD) is a circuit breaker that breaks the circuit when it detects the electric arcs that are a signature of loose connections in home wiring. Loose connections, which can develop over time, can sometimes become hot enough to ignite house fires. An AFCI selectively distinguishes between a harmless arc (incidental to normal operation of switches, plugs, and brushed motors), and a potentially dangerous arc (that can occur, for example, in a lamp cord which has a broken conductor). In Canada and the United States, AFCI breakers have been required by the electrical codes for circuits feeding electrical outlets in residential bedrooms since the beginning of the 21st century; the US ''National Electrical Code'' has required them to protect most residential outlets since 2014, and the ''Canadian Electrical Code'' has since 2015. In regions using 230 V, the combination of higher voltage and lower load currents ...
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