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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.
Juhani Kuusi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 8 | Number 5 | May 1970 | Pages 465-473
Paper | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28692
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A neutron activation analyzer utilizing an isotopic neutron source is described. The analyzer has been installed at a chrome concentration plant for off-line process control. Silicon, chromium, and aluminum can be determined simultaneously in chrome concentrates, ore samples, etc. Results obtained are described and further applications of the activation analyzer of this type in the glass, ceramic, and cement industry are discussed.
