Analysis of the 30B UF₆ Container for Use with Increased Enrichment

Technical Report · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1797631· OSTI ID:1797631

Saylor, Ellen Marie ^[1]; Lang, Alex ^[1]; Marshall, William B. J. ^[1]; Hall, Robert ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Commercial light-water reactor (LWR) operators and fuel vendors are pursuing advancements in fuel and reactor design that include increasing ²³⁵U enrichment from low enrichment (<5 wt.% ²³⁵U) to low-enriched uranium+ (LEU+) (10 wt.% > ²³⁵U > 5 wt.%) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) (20 wt.% > ²³⁵U > 10 wt.%). These advancements will necessitate the ability to transport LEU+ and HALEU fuel materials. Assessment of Existing Transportation Packages for Use with HALEU(ORNL/TM-2020/1725) assesses the potential to use currently licensed transportation packages for the transportation of HALEU by evaluating a representative package for each uranium fuel form category (for example, oxide and/or metal in fuel assemblies, fuel pins, powder, pellets, and uranium hexafluoride [UF₆].) This report expands on the UF₆ analysis.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Contributing Organization: Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN); Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); Nuclear Energy Institute
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1797631
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-2021/2043
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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