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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.
G. R. Odette, T. O. Ziebold
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 49 | Number 1 | September 1972 | Pages 72-81
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A22528
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An experiment was performed to measure the energy-dependent damage function for the neutron irradiation induced increase in the lower yield strength of iron. Small tensile test specimens were exposed at low temperatures (<100°C) to 1017 - 1018 n/cm2 (E > 1 MeV) in seven reactor spectra while a high degree of consistency among all other variables known to be significant was maintained. The neutron flux spectra in all locations were measured using the multiple foil activation technique and the SAND-II code for the data analysis. The mechanical property and flux spectral data were then analyzed using SAND-II to unfold the damage functions. Estimates of errors induced in the solution by the iterative unfolding procedure were made considering possible contributions from both the lack of mathematical solution uniqueness and data error propagation.