National Bureau of Standards Reactor LEU Fuel Element Flow Test Conceptual Design

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1889717· OSTI ID:1889717

Bojanowski, Cezary ^[1]; Wang, Guanyi ^[1]; Weiss, Aaron ^[2]; Kmak, Ronald ^[1]; Hebden, Andrew ^[1]; Legatt, Michael ^[2]; Howard, Trevor ^[2]; Marcum, Wade ^[2]; Mohamed, Walid ^[1]; Sahin, Dagistan ^[3]; Jaluvka, David ^[1]; Wilson, Erik ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
3. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research

As part of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) mission to eliminate or minimize the civilian use of weapon-grade highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuels, the NNSA Office of Material Management and Minimization (M³) Reactor Conversion Program is collaborating with six U.S. High Performance Research Reactors (USHPRR), including one critical facility, to convert from the use of HEU to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. The M3 conversion objectives for the USHPRR are to develop LEU fuel element designs that will ensure safe reactor operations and maintain the existing experimental performance of each facility. The work is being conducted through many interrelated activities that are being completed by stakeholders across organizations.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1889717
• Report Number(s): ANL/RTR/TM-22/12; 178358
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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