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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.
C. E. Bemis, Jr., J. H. Oliver, R. Eby, J. Halperin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 63 | Number 4 | August 1977 | Pages 413-417
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A27058
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The thermal-neutron capture cross section and capture resonance integral for 243Cm have been measured in cobalt-monitored reactor irradiations of nearly isotopically pure 243Cm (99.94%) using cadmium filter techniques. The thermal-neutron absorption (capture plus fission) cross section and corresponding resonance integral for 243Cm have also been measured in a separate experiment relative to 248Cm. Values of σ2200(n, γ) = 130.7 ± 9.6, σ2200(n, f) = 609.6 ± 25.9, I(n, γ) = 214.7 ± 20.3, and I(n, f) = 1575 ± 136 b are reported.