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NRC proposed rule for licensing reactors authorized by DOE, DOD
Nuclear reactor designs approved by the Department of Energy or Department of Defense could get streamlined pathways through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s commercial licensing process should applicants wish to push the technology into the civilian sector.
A proposed rule introduced April 2 by the NRC would “improve NRC licensing review efficiency, where applicable, by explicitly establishing by regulation an additional means for reactor applicants to demonstrate the safety functions of their reactor designs, and thus, would contribute to the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies.”
Ira G. Dillon and Leslie Burris, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 5 | September 1957 | Pages 567-581
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A25425
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The fission product spectra in discharged fuel from fast fission power reactors have been calculated over a wide range of operating conditions (reactor operating times from 10 to 10,000 days and cooling times from zero to infinity). These calculations are based on recent yield data for fission of uranium and plutonium. From these calculated data are presented derived data of total curies and energy dissipation rates as functions of operating time and cooling time.
