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NRC proposes changes to its rules on nuclear materials
In response to Executive Order 14300, “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” the NRC is proposing sweeping changes to its rules governing the use of nuclear materials that are widely used in industry, medicine, and research. The changes would amend NRC regulations for the licensing of nuclear byproduct material, some source material, and some special nuclear material.
As published in the May 18 Federal Register, the NRC is seeking public comment on this proposed rule and draft interim guidance until July 2.
Vladimir M. Maslov, Yasuyuki Kikuchi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 124 | Number 3 | November 1996 | Pages 492-497
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE96-A17927
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A statistical model is used to interpret the available 232U(n,f) cross-section data in the neutron energy range from 0.003 to 7.4 MeV Below an incident neutron energy of ≈ 1 MeV, the nonthreshold energy dependence of the 232U(n,f) cross section is interpreted in a double-humped fission barrier model, the inner barrier of fissioning nucleus being ≈1 MeV lower than the outer one, as anticipated with the shell correction method calculation.
