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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.
Patrick J. Roache
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 64 | Number 1 | September 1977 | Pages 219-221
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A27092
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The title problem is considered from the viewpoint of one involved in aerodynamics problems, rather than reactor modeling. The status of opinion is briefly reviewed on two sources of error: errors due to discretization, especially in regard to “high cell Reynolds number” difficulties, and errors in the continuum equations, especially in regard to turbulence modeling. It is concluded that significant improvement is to be expected over the lumped-parameter codes, but that even the forthcoming codes based on simulation of the partial differential equations are expected to be limited to a rather crude level of accuracy.