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Title: Low-enriched uranium high-density target project. Compendium report

Abstract

At present, most 99Mo is produced in research, test, or isotope production reactors by irradiation of highly enriched uranium targets. To achieve the denser form of uranium needed for switching from high to low enriched uranium (LEU), targets in the form of a metal foil (~125-150 µm thick) are being developed. The LEU High Density Target Project successfully demonstrated several iterations of an LEU-fission-based Mo-99 technology that has the potential to provide the world’s supply of Mo-99, should major producers choose to utilize the technology. Over 50 annular high density targets have been successfully tested, and the assembly and disassembly of targets have been improved and optimized. Two target front-end processes (acidic and electrochemical) have been scaled up and demonstrated to allow for the high-density target technology to mate up to the existing producer technology for target processing. In the event that a new target processing line is started, the chemical processing of the targets is greatly simplified. Extensive modeling and safety analysis has been conducted, and the target has been qualified to be inserted into the High Flux Isotope Reactor, which is considered above and beyond the requirements for the typical use of this target due to high fluencemore » and irradiation duration.« less

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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
OSTI Identifier:
1331365
Report Number(s):
ANL/NE-16/15
130420
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; Conversion; Low enriched uranium; targets for Mo-99 production

Citation Formats

Vandegrift, George, Brown, M. Alex, Jerden, James L., Gelis, Artem V., Stepinski, Dominique C., Wiedmeyer, Stanley, Youker, Amanda, Hebden, Andrew, Solbrekken, Gary, Allen, Charlie, Robertson, David, El-Gizawy, Sherif, Govindarajan, Srisharan, Hoyer, Annemarie, Makarewicz, Philip, Harris, Jacob, Graybill, Brian, Gunn, Andy, Berlin, James, Bryan, Chris, Carbajo, Juan, Freels, Jim, Sherman, Steven, Hobbs, Randy, Griffin, Fred P., Chandler, David, Hurt, C. J., Williams, Paul, Creasy, John, Tjader, Barak, McFall, Danielle, and Longmire, Hollie. Low-enriched uranium high-density target project. Compendium report. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1331365.
Vandegrift, George, Brown, M. Alex, Jerden, James L., Gelis, Artem V., Stepinski, Dominique C., Wiedmeyer, Stanley, Youker, Amanda, Hebden, Andrew, Solbrekken, Gary, Allen, Charlie, Robertson, David, El-Gizawy, Sherif, Govindarajan, Srisharan, Hoyer, Annemarie, Makarewicz, Philip, Harris, Jacob, Graybill, Brian, Gunn, Andy, Berlin, James, Bryan, Chris, Carbajo, Juan, Freels, Jim, Sherman, Steven, Hobbs, Randy, Griffin, Fred P., Chandler, David, Hurt, C. J., Williams, Paul, Creasy, John, Tjader, Barak, McFall, Danielle, & Longmire, Hollie. Low-enriched uranium high-density target project. Compendium report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1331365
Vandegrift, George, Brown, M. Alex, Jerden, James L., Gelis, Artem V., Stepinski, Dominique C., Wiedmeyer, Stanley, Youker, Amanda, Hebden, Andrew, Solbrekken, Gary, Allen, Charlie, Robertson, David, El-Gizawy, Sherif, Govindarajan, Srisharan, Hoyer, Annemarie, Makarewicz, Philip, Harris, Jacob, Graybill, Brian, Gunn, Andy, Berlin, James, Bryan, Chris, Carbajo, Juan, Freels, Jim, Sherman, Steven, Hobbs, Randy, Griffin, Fred P., Chandler, David, Hurt, C. J., Williams, Paul, Creasy, John, Tjader, Barak, McFall, Danielle, and Longmire, Hollie. 2016. "Low-enriched uranium high-density target project. Compendium report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1331365. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1331365.
@article{osti_1331365,
title = {Low-enriched uranium high-density target project. Compendium report},
author = {Vandegrift, George and Brown, M. Alex and Jerden, James L. and Gelis, Artem V. and Stepinski, Dominique C. and Wiedmeyer, Stanley and Youker, Amanda and Hebden, Andrew and Solbrekken, Gary and Allen, Charlie and Robertson, David and El-Gizawy, Sherif and Govindarajan, Srisharan and Hoyer, Annemarie and Makarewicz, Philip and Harris, Jacob and Graybill, Brian and Gunn, Andy and Berlin, James and Bryan, Chris and Carbajo, Juan and Freels, Jim and Sherman, Steven and Hobbs, Randy and Griffin, Fred P. and Chandler, David and Hurt, C. J. and Williams, Paul and Creasy, John and Tjader, Barak and McFall, Danielle and Longmire, Hollie},
abstractNote = {At present, most 99Mo is produced in research, test, or isotope production reactors by irradiation of highly enriched uranium targets. To achieve the denser form of uranium needed for switching from high to low enriched uranium (LEU), targets in the form of a metal foil (~125-150 µm thick) are being developed. The LEU High Density Target Project successfully demonstrated several iterations of an LEU-fission-based Mo-99 technology that has the potential to provide the world’s supply of Mo-99, should major producers choose to utilize the technology. Over 50 annular high density targets have been successfully tested, and the assembly and disassembly of targets have been improved and optimized. Two target front-end processes (acidic and electrochemical) have been scaled up and demonstrated to allow for the high-density target technology to mate up to the existing producer technology for target processing. In the event that a new target processing line is started, the chemical processing of the targets is greatly simplified. Extensive modeling and safety analysis has been conducted, and the target has been qualified to be inserted into the High Flux Isotope Reactor, which is considered above and beyond the requirements for the typical use of this target due to high fluence and irradiation duration.},
doi = {10.2172/1331365},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1331365}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}