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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.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 9 | Number 5 | November 1970 | Pages 762-766
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The model using two structure attenuation coefficients was used to estimate the far-field exposure contribution for an experimental house. Restricted least-squares and minimum absolute deviation (MAD) techniques were used to make these far-field exposure contribution estimates. The latter two methods yielded results which were superior to the usual unrestricted least-squares technique. The far-field contribution was always positive and all coefficients were positive but less than unity.