Status report on conversion of the Georgia Tech Research Reactor to low enrichment fuel

Conference · Mon Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10107917

Karam, R A ^[1]; Matos, J E; Mo, S C; Woodruff, W L ^[2]

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1. Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States)
2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

The 5 MW Georgia Tech Research Reactor (GTRR) is a heterogeneous, heavy water moderated and cooled reactor, fueled with highly-enriched uranium aluminum alloy fuel plates. The GTRR is required to convert to low enrichment (LEU) fuel in accordance with USNRC policy. The US Department of Energy is funding a program to compare reactor performance with high and low enrichment fuels. The goals of the program are: (1) to amend the SAR and the Technical Specifications of the GTRR so that LEU U{sub 3}Si{sub 2}-Al dispersion fuel plates can replace the current HEU U-Al alloy fuel, and (2) to optimize the LEU core such that maximum value neutron beams can be extracted for possible neutron capture therapy application. This paper presents a status report on the LEU conversion effort.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10107917
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP--74818; CONF-9111149--3; ON: DE92004137
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL PLATES
GTRR REACTOR
HEAT TRANSFER
HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM
HYDRAULICS
MODIFICATIONS
NEUTRON BEAMS
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
NUCLEAR FUELS
REACTOR OPERATION
RESEARCH
TEST
TRAINING
PRODUCTION
IRRADIATION
MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS
SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM
SPECIFICATIONS