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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.
D. L. Henderson, C. W. Maynard
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 97 | Number 3 | November 1987 | Pages 203-210
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-203
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By making use of the Laplace transform technique, time-dependent first-flight leakage rates from slabs, spherical shells, and spheres with a uniform source distribution and a delta-shaped pulse have been calculated from their steady-state counterparts found in the available literature. Time-dependent solutions for a quadratic source distribution with a delta pulse have been obtained for a slab and a solid sphere. Using the results for a slab and a solid sphere with a uniform source as a Green’s function, the case of a constant source emitting neutrons over a time interval Δt is considered.