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Curio to begin early talks with NRC on licensing NuCycle recycling facility
Washington, D.C.-based Curio announced yesterday that it has submitted a letter of intent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish a docket for preapplication engagement activities and ultimately the submittal and review of a license application to operate a spent nuclear fuel recycling production facility.
Once a docket is established, Curio will develop a license application to meet all applicable regulations for a nuclear fuel recycling facility under 10 CFR Part 70.
M. E. Anderson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 3 | March 1981 | Pages 428-430
Technical Note | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32717
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Neutron yields of 239Pu-Be(α,n) sources are increasing due to the buildup of 241 Am, an alpha emitter, from the beta decay of 241 Pu. The yields and heat outputs of four sources, in which PuBe13 was formed during fabrication, have been followed for several years. Rates of increase in neutron yields at t = 0 vary from 0.3 to 1.9%/yr for initial 241 Pu contents from 0.10 to 0.70%. For three of these sources the increase in neutron yield follows the radioactive decay of the constituents. For the fourth, the increase in neutron yield is greater than expected. A possible explanation is offered.