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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.
M. H. Fontana, R. E. Bailey
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 36 | Number 3 | June 1969 | Pages 268-274
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A18723
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A method was developed for computing the partial pressures of the various equilibrium vapor species existing above nonstoichiometric UO2 + x. The gas phase oxygen-to-uranium atom ratio was correlated with the oxygen-to-uranium ratio in the solid, which was known. The atom ratio, total pressures, and equilibrium constants of formation of each compound, sufficiently specify the system to allow the computation of the gas phase concentrations using multicomponent chemical equilibria computer techniques. The results agree with independent experimental data.