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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.
John M. Carpenter, Yasushi F. Taked, David F. R. Mildner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 98 | Number 4 | April 1988 | Pages 326-340
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A23533
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Grooved moderators provide greater neutron leakage currents from their channeled surfaces than flat moderators of the same volume. Operated in conjunction with pulsed sources to provide beams of slow neutrons, their pulse widths depend in a complicated way on the groove parameters, as does the leakage current. A one-speed diffusion theory treatment of the asymmetric grooved moderator is described, the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues are presented, and a simple graphical method for eigenvalue calculation is provided. The leakage from the bottoms of the grooves and from the tips of the fins are separately determined and the lowest order functions for a cold polyethylene moderator are calculated. The results for the lowest order time eigenvalue are in good agreement with a measurement obtained at the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source.