The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has instituted an initiative for regulatory improvement to focus licensee and NRC resources on risksignificant activities, and to decrease the prescriptiveness of its regulations through performance-based methods that allow licensees increased flexibility in implementing NRC regulations. The NRC has identified risk-informed methods utilizing insights from...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-etching primer, Transbond Plus Self Etching Primer (TSEP, 3M Unitek), and a non-rinse conditioner (NRC, Dentsply DeTrey) for bonding brackets, compared with the acid-etch technique. The brackets were bonded to extracted premolars using Transbond XT (3M Unitek). One of the following three conditioning protocols were used: (1...

Since 1994, 6,198 yeasts and 391 molds belonging to 25 and 37 species, respectively, were stored in Microbank cryogenic vials at >/=-130 degrees C in liquid nitrogen and at -70 degrees C in a freezer. All of the isolates, with the exception of 45 yeasts and 15 dermatophytes, were recovered from both storage temperatures. Good reproducibility was demonstrated for amphotericin B, fluconazole, and...

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NRC publications in the NUREG series, NRC regulations , and Title 10, Energy, in the Code of Federal Regulations may also be purchased from one of these two sources. are updated periodically and may differ from the last printed version. Although references to material found on a Web site bear the date the material was accessed, the material available on the date cited may subsequently be remove...