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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.
William T. Sha, Alan E. Waltar
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 44 | Number 2 | May 1971 | Pages 135-156
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A19663
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A two-dimensional (R - Z) integral model for characterizing fast reactor excursions from accident inception through core disassembly is presented. For predisassembly calculations, a Eulerian geometric model is used and multichannel heat-transfer computations are performed. Reactivity feedback due to Doppler broadening, coolant density change and voiding, and fuel movement are taken into account. A Lagrangian coordinate system is used in the disassembly phase, wherein the neutronics balance consists of Doppler broadening and material motion. A unique feature of the model is the ability to accommodate a pointwise Energy-Density-Dependent Equation-of-State according to the local sodium inventory that actually exists at the time of disassembly. By providing a consistent basis for establishing the effective reactivity ramp rate, Doppler coefficient, appropriate Equation-of-State, and temperature distribution at the start of core disassembly, much of the arbitrariness normally associated with large accident analyses can be removed. For most accident analyses, this model predicts a significantly lower energy yield during a superprompt critical nuclear excursion than would be computed by using the conventional modified Bethe-Tait analysis.