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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.
Odelli Ozer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 43 | Number 3 | March 1971 | Pages 286-302
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A19975
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In this paper Pu-Al-D2O lattice experiments are analyzed with primarily ENDF/B data and methods based on asymptotic theory. The effects of varying the 239Pu cross sections in the unresolved-resonance range are calculated. The uncertainties associated with the determination of the radial bucklings are reduced with the use of one-dimensional transport calculations in the radial direction and an assumed exponential dependence in the axial direction. Two-dimensional calculations for a few of the lattices are made to calculate relaxation lengths as well as to determine the applicability of one-dimensional or asymptotic theory methods.