Feasibility study Part I - Thermal hydraulic analysis of LEU target for {sup 99}Mo production in Tajoura reactor

Conference · Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:21113551

Bsebsu, F M

The Renewable Energies and Water Desalination Research Center (REWDRC), Libya, will implement the technology for {sup 99}Mo isotope production using LEU foil target, to obtain new revenue streams for the Tajoura nuclear research reactor and desiring to serve the Libyan hospitals by providing the medical radioisotopes. Design information is presented for LEU target with irradiation device and irradiation Beryllium (Be) unit in the Tajoura reactor core. Calculated results for the reactor core with LEU target at different level of power are presented for steady state and several reactivity induced accident situations. This paper will present the steady state thermal hydraulic design and transient analysis of Tajoura reactor was loaded with LEU foil target for {sup 99}Mo production. The results of these calculations show that the reactor with LEU target during the several cases of transient are in safe and no problems will occur. (author)

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Nuclear Engineering Division, RERTR Department, Argonne, IL (United States); Czech Technical University, Prague (Czech Republic)
• OSTI ID: 21113551
• Report Number(s): INIS-US-08N0001; TRN: US08N0073121089
• Resource Relation: Conference: RERTR-2007: 29. international meeting on reduced enrichment for research and test reactors, Prague (Czech Republic), 23-27 Sep 2007; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); 7 refs, 8 figs, 5 tabs; Related Information: In: 2007 international meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR). Abstracts and available papers presented at the meeting, vp.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
ACCIDENTS
BERYLLIUM
DESALINATION
DESIGN
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FOILS
HOSPITALS
IRRADIATION
IRRADIATION DEVICES
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
MOLYBDENUM 99
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH REACTORS
STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS
STREAMS
THERMAL HYDRAULICS