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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.
Geun-Sun Auh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 118 | Number 3 | November 1994 | Pages 186-193
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE94-A19384
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Among the three digital dynamic compensation methods that are developed for or applied to the rhodium self-powered neutron detector—the dominant pole Tustin method of the core operating limit supervisory system, the direct inversion method, and the Kalman filter method—the best method is selected. The direct inversion method is slightly improved from the previous version, and the Kalman filter method is proposed. The simulation results show that the direct inversion method is better than the dominant pole Tustin method, but the best compensation results can be obtained from the Kalman filter method. The direct inversion method gives better results than the dominant pole Tustin method because it does not contain the assumption of a single pole and zero. The Kalman filter method is the best among the three methods because it uses the information of previous time steps throughout its estimation process.