Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor LEU Fuel Element Flow Test Conceptual Design

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1822190· OSTI ID:1822190

Bojanowski, Cezary ^[1]; Wang, Guanyi ^[1]; Kmak, Ron ^[1]; Hebden, Andrew ^[1]; Weiss, Aaron ^[2]; Marcum, Wade ^[2]; Jaluvka, David ^[1]; Hu, Lin-wen ^[3]; Wilson, Erik ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

As part of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) mission to minimize the civilian use of weapon-grade highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuels, the NNSA Office of Material Management and Minimization (M³) Conversion Program is collaborating with six U.S. High Performance Research Reactors (USHPRR), including one critical facility, to convert from the use of HEU to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. The M³ conversion objectives for the USHPRR are to develop LEU fuel element designs that will ensure safe reactor operations and maintain the existing experimental performance of each facility. The work is being conducted through many interrelated activities that are being completed by stakeholders across organizations.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; Office of Material Management and Minimization (M3)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1822190
• Report Number(s): ANL/RTR/TM-21/21; 171234; TRN: US2301683
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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