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2025 ANS Annual Conference
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Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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.
L. Tomlinson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 14 | Number 1 | April 1972 | Pages 42-52
Technical Paper | Session on Physics of Nuclear Materials Safeguards / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31096
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At least 38 of the fission product isotopes are now known to be delayed-neutron precursors. The region of delay ed-neutr on emission for each fission product element is predicted successfully by recent mass formulas, and the neutron emission probability (Pn) can be approximately related to basic nuclear parameters. Using Pn values and calculated cumulative fission yields, it is possible to account for some features of gross delayed-neutron emission from various types of fission. Further significant progress in understanding delayed-neutron emission is expected in the near future when spectroscopic studies are made on delayed-neutron precursors.
