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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.
Ely M. Gelbard, Richard Lell
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 1977 | Pages 9-23
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A26999
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A Monte Carlo method has been developed for the computation of the eigenvalue, as a function of buckling, in an infinite lattice. This method has been used to test the accuracy of earlier, approximate, void-worth computations, computations that enter into the analysis of hypothetical accidents in which voids collapse. Test results indicate that reactivity effects due to the collapse of bubbles in a molten pool can be computed, with reasonable accuracy, by the Behrens method, used earlier by Goldsmith. On the other hand, the Webb estimates of eigenvalue changes, caused by the expansion of fuel pins into the voids of a previously voided lattice, appear to be somewhat too high.