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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.
W. M. Wilson, H. E. Jackson, G. E. Thomas
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 1977 | Pages 55-62
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A27004
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The gamma-ray spectrum resulting from neutron capture in the 2.8-keV resonance of 23Na has been measured with the high-resolution annihilation pair spectrometer at the internal-target facility of the CP-5 reactor. The 2.8-keV resonance was populated by using the boron-shielded target technique: A½-in.-thick filter of 10B surrounding the sodium sample selectively removes low-energy neutrons from the spectrum; the 1/E dependence of the incident neutron flux assures a low intensity of high-energy neutrons. Capture, predominantly in the 2.8-keV resonance, is indicated by a 2- to 3-keV shift in the energies of the primary transitions relative to those observed in thermal-neutron capture. The correlation between the absolute intensities of the resonance transitions and the thermal transitions (measured by others) is computed and discussed in terms of a numerical analysis. (The resonance and thermal intensities are identical within the precision of the measurement.) The results indicate that the resonance total radiation width is 0.24 eV Γγ 0.40 eV.