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Title: Conceptual Design Parameters for HFIR LEU U-Mo Fuel Conversion Experimental Irradiations

Abstract

The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) is a versatile research reactor that is operated at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The HFIR core is loaded with high-enriched uranium (HEU) and operates at a power level of 85 MW. The primary scientific missions of the HFIR include cold and thermal neutron scattering, materials irradiation, and isotope production. An engineering design study of the conversion of the HFIR from HEU to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel is ongoing at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The LEU fuel considered is based on a uranium-molybdenum alloy that is 10 percent by weight molybdenum (U-10Mo) with a 235U enrichment of 19.75 wt %. The LEU core design discussed in this report is based on the design documented in ORNL/TM-2010/318. Much of the data reported in Sections 1 and 2 of this document was derived from or taken directly out of ORNL/TM-2010/318. The purpose of this report is to document the design parameters for and the anticipated normal operating conditions of the conceptual HFIR LEU fuel to aid in developing requirements for HFIR irradiation experiments.

Authors:
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  1. ORNL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1136362
Report Number(s):
ORNL/LTR-2013/132
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Renfro, David G, Cook, David Howard, Chandler, David, Ilas, Germina, and Jain, Prashant K. Conceptual Design Parameters for HFIR LEU U-Mo Fuel Conversion Experimental Irradiations. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1136362.
Renfro, David G, Cook, David Howard, Chandler, David, Ilas, Germina, & Jain, Prashant K. Conceptual Design Parameters for HFIR LEU U-Mo Fuel Conversion Experimental Irradiations. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1136362
Renfro, David G, Cook, David Howard, Chandler, David, Ilas, Germina, and Jain, Prashant K. 2013. "Conceptual Design Parameters for HFIR LEU U-Mo Fuel Conversion Experimental Irradiations". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1136362. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1136362.
@article{osti_1136362,
title = {Conceptual Design Parameters for HFIR LEU U-Mo Fuel Conversion Experimental Irradiations},
author = {Renfro, David G and Cook, David Howard and Chandler, David and Ilas, Germina and Jain, Prashant K},
abstractNote = {The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) is a versatile research reactor that is operated at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The HFIR core is loaded with high-enriched uranium (HEU) and operates at a power level of 85 MW. The primary scientific missions of the HFIR include cold and thermal neutron scattering, materials irradiation, and isotope production. An engineering design study of the conversion of the HFIR from HEU to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel is ongoing at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The LEU fuel considered is based on a uranium-molybdenum alloy that is 10 percent by weight molybdenum (U-10Mo) with a 235U enrichment of 19.75 wt %. The LEU core design discussed in this report is based on the design documented in ORNL/TM-2010/318. Much of the data reported in Sections 1 and 2 of this document was derived from or taken directly out of ORNL/TM-2010/318. The purpose of this report is to document the design parameters for and the anticipated normal operating conditions of the conceptual HFIR LEU fuel to aid in developing requirements for HFIR irradiation experiments.},
doi = {10.2172/1136362},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1136362}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}