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Title: DDE Design Status Report Nov 2011

Abstract

The National Nuclear Security Agency Global Threat Reduction Initiative employs the Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) Fuel Development program to facilitate maturation of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) fuel technology in order to enable conversion of High Power Research Reactors (HPRR) to LEU fuels. The RERTR Fuel Development program has overseen design, fabrication, irradiation, and examination of numerous tests on small to medium sized specimens containing LEU fuels. To enable the three nearest term HPRR conversions, including the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology Reactor (MITR), University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR), and National Bureau of Standard Reactor (NBSR), the FD pillar is currently focused on qualification of the 'Base Monolithic Design'. The Base Monolithic Design consists of uranium-10 wt% molybdenum alloy (U-10Mo) in the form of a monolithic foil, with thin zirconium interlayers, clad in aluminum by hot isostatic press. The licensing basis of the aforementioned HPRR's restricts them from testing lead test elements of their respective LEU fuel element designs. In order to provide the equivalent of a lead test assembly, one Design Demonstration Experiment (DDE) is planned for each of the three NRC licensed reactors.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE - NA
OSTI Identifier:
1034809
Report Number(s):
INL/EXT-11-23991
TRN: US1200947
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALUMINIUM; DESIGN; ENRICHED URANIUM; FABRICATION; FUEL ELEMENTS; IRRADIATION; LICENSING; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SECURITY; TESTING; US NBS; ZIRCONIUM; DDE; RERTR

Citation Formats

Woolstenhulme, N E, and Nielson, R B. DDE Design Status Report Nov 2011. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.2172/1034809.
Woolstenhulme, N E, & Nielson, R B. DDE Design Status Report Nov 2011. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1034809
Woolstenhulme, N E, and Nielson, R B. 2011. "DDE Design Status Report Nov 2011". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1034809. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1034809.
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abstractNote = {The National Nuclear Security Agency Global Threat Reduction Initiative employs the Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) Fuel Development program to facilitate maturation of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) fuel technology in order to enable conversion of High Power Research Reactors (HPRR) to LEU fuels. The RERTR Fuel Development program has overseen design, fabrication, irradiation, and examination of numerous tests on small to medium sized specimens containing LEU fuels. To enable the three nearest term HPRR conversions, including the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology Reactor (MITR), University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR), and National Bureau of Standard Reactor (NBSR), the FD pillar is currently focused on qualification of the 'Base Monolithic Design'. The Base Monolithic Design consists of uranium-10 wt% molybdenum alloy (U-10Mo) in the form of a monolithic foil, with thin zirconium interlayers, clad in aluminum by hot isostatic press. The licensing basis of the aforementioned HPRR's restricts them from testing lead test elements of their respective LEU fuel element designs. In order to provide the equivalent of a lead test assembly, one Design Demonstration Experiment (DDE) is planned for each of the three NRC licensed reactors.},
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year = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
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