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The importance of computer software (methods and data) in establishing the criticality safety of systems with fissile material is increasing as licensees work to optimize facilities
This issue was identified[1]by NMSS and addresses the potential for special nuclear material containing unusual moderators to re-concentrate and form a c
This issue was identified[1]by NMSS when Victoreen, Inc., notified the NRC that some of its Model 530 and 530SI Electromet
This issue was identified[1]by NMSS after Cobalt-60 radiography sources were stolen from a bankrupt licensee (Larpen of Texas) and sold to a scrap yard w
This issue was identified[1]by NMSS with the discovery of intergranular corrosion in one manufacturer's 316L stainless ste
This issue was identified[1]by NMSS after several cases were reported where licensees found residual contamination remaini
During the administration of the third of a three-fraction vaginal treatment of a patient on January 9, 1996, the treatment console of a Nucletron high-dose-rate (HDR) remote afterlo
The issues presented in this section include those non-reactor GSIs identified, prioritized, and resolved by NMSS.
The Fort St. Vrain HTGR and DOE's N-reactor at the Hanford Reservation in Washington State are the only
The highly energetic reactivity excursion accident at Chernobyl mechanically disrupted the core, rapidly vaporized the water coolant with which the fragmented fuel came into contact, and generated combu
