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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.
Hugh K. Clark
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 81 | Number 3 | July 1982 | Pages 351-378
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE82-A20279
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
As a contribution to a required review of the American National Standard for Nuclear Criticality Safety in Operations with Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors, limits for homogeneous 235U systems have been recalculated to confirm their subcriticality or, where there were doubts, to propose more restrictive values. In addition, other limits were calculated to propose for inclusion in the Standard, namely limits for solutions of 235UO2(NO3)2 and limits for solutions of both UO2F2 and UO2NO3)2 that allow credit for the presence of 238U. Limits were also calculated for uranium oxides. The same three methods of calculation were used as in similar work done recently for plutonium systems. The validity of each was established by extensive correlations with pertinent critical experiments.