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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.
Young Ryong Park, Nam Zin Cho
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 148 | Number 3 | November 2004 | Pages 355-373
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE03-12
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A new nonlinear coarse-mesh rebalance (CMR) method is developed and tested to accelerate the one- and two-dimensional discrete ordinates neutron transport calculations. The method is based on rebalance factors that are angular dependent and defined on the coarse-mesh boundaries only. Unlike the conventional CMR method that is only conditionally stable, Fourier analysis and numerical tests show that this coarse-mesh angular dependent rebalance (CMADR) method is unconditionally stable for any optical thickness, scattering ratio, and coarseness and that the acceleration is very effective in most cases.