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Weaver NRC reappointment gets OK, Senate vote next
The U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee has recommended Douglas Weaver be reappointed to a full five-year term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after his current term expires on June 30.
The committee voted 15-4 in support of Weaver’s nomination on Wednesday, clearing the way for a final vote on the Senate floor. If the Senate votes to confirm Weaver, he would serve on the NRC through June 30, 2031.
Edward T. Tomlinson, C. L. Brown
Nuclear Technology | Volume 63 | Number 2 | November 1983 | Pages 347-350
Technical Note | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT83-A33293
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The potential effect of low-density water moderation on an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (dry type) was investigated. As a function of water density, k∞ was determined for several water-flooding sequences. Calculations were performed for both unirradiated fuel assemblies and fuel at a burnup of 24 GWd/tonne M.
