IFR fuel cycle process equipment design environment and objectives

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6587421

Rigg, R H

Argonne National laboratory (ANL) is refurbishing the hot cell facility originally constructed with the EBR-II reactor. When refurbishment is complete, the facility win demonstrate the complete fuel cycle for current generation high burnup metallic fuel elements. These are sodium bonded, stainless steel clad fuel pins of U-Zr or U-Pu-Zr composition typical of the fuel type proposed for a future Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) design. To the extent possible, the process equipment is being built at full commercial scale, and the facility is being modified to incorporate current DOE facility design requirements and modem remote maintenance principles. The current regulatory and safety environment has affected the design of the fuel fabrication equipment, most of which will be described in greater detail in subsequent papers in this session.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Fuel Cycle Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6587421
• Report Number(s): ANL/FC/CP-78692; CONF-930403-46; ON: DE93009958
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. topical meeting on robotics and remote systems, Knoxville, TN (United States), 26-29 Apr 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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