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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Gary J. Dau, R. R. Bourassa, S. C. Keeton
Nuclear Technology | Volume 5 | Number 5 | November 1968 | Pages 322-328
Technical Papers and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A27998
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The instantaneous effects of nuclear radiation on thermocouple calibration were measured using Chromel-Alumel and iron-Constantan thermocouples. Electromotive force shifts of 2 to 4°C were found at radiation levels of 1016 n/(cm2 sec) (fast and thermal) and 1010 R/h. These changes were attributed to local gamma heating of the thermocouple bead rather than to a change in the thermoelectric power of the thermocouple materials. In separate experiments, no transient changes were noted in thermocouple calibration (± 1.0°C) following a change in radiation level of ≤ 7 × 1012 n/(cm2 sec) (thermal and fast) and 7 × 106 R/h.
