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NRC proposed rule for licensing reactors authorized by DOE, DOD
Nuclear reactor designs approved by the Department of Energy or Department of Defense could get streamlined pathways through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s commercial licensing process should applicants wish to push the technology into the civilian sector.
A proposed rule introduced April 2 by the NRC would “improve NRC licensing review efficiency, where applicable, by explicitly establishing by regulation an additional means for reactor applicants to demonstrate the safety functions of their reactor designs, and thus, would contribute to the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies.”
Jungchung Jung
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 84 | Number 4 | August 1983 | Pages 383-388
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE83-A15459
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An interpolation method is presented for the solution of the Boltzmann transport equation. The method is based on a flux synthesis technique using two reference-point solutions. The equation for the interpolated solution results in a Volterra integral equation, which warrants a unique solution. As an application of the present method, the tritium breeding ratio is calculated for a typical deuterium-tritium fusion reactor system. The result is compared to that of a variational technique.
