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American Nuclear Society on the firing of NRC Commissioner Hanson
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) issued the following statement:
"A competent, effective, and fully staffed U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is essential to the rapid deployment of new reactors and advanced technologies. The arbitrary removal of commissioners without due cause creates regulatory uncertainty that threatens to delay America’s nuclear energy expansion."
Yoshihiro Asano, Toshiro Itoga, Xavier Marechal
Nuclear Technology | Volume 168 | Number 2 | November 2009 | Pages 387-390
Shielding | Special Issue on the 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (Part 2) / Radiation Protection | doi.org/10.13182/NT09-A9214
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The characteristics of radiation were investigated for a prototype X-ray free electron laser machine with 250-MeV electrons and 49-nm-wavelength light. The doses both inside and outside the shield tunnel including the maze were measured in relation to the electron beam losses and were compared with the empirical formula and Monte Carlo simulations.