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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.
R. D. M. Garcia
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 157 | Number 2 | October 2007 | Pages 225-235
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE07-A2724
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Special formulas for an efficient computation of first-flight escape and transmission probabilities in X-Y-Z geometry are presented. The approach used to derive these formulas is based on rearranging and grouping similar terms in the general three-dimensional formulas reported in a previous work by the author. When applied to fine grids, the new formulas are found to be orders of magnitude more efficient than the original ones. Numerical results are reported for test cases defined by regular hexahedra of various optical dimensions, including one where partitions are used to define the source and sink zones in the calculations of the escape and transmission probabilities.