Analysis of H-Canyon Process Tanks in Preparation of Consolidation and Blending for HALEU Fuels
- Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
High-Assay Low- Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuels are being developed to support the replacement of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) fuels used in U.S. High-Performance Research Reactors (USHPRR) as well as advanced nuclear power reactor designs. The projected demand for HALEU far exceeds the supply and studies are underway to assess various options to partially mitigate the potential short supply. The H Canyon facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS) Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) containing 4.95% U-235 from the reprocessing of highly enriched foreign and domestic research reactor fuel for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) commercial power reactor market for several decades. The production of LEU at the H-Canyon facility can be readily transitioned to produce 19.75% HALEU solutions from the current separated inventory of purified HEU solutions in H-Canyon storage.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89303321CEM000080
- OSTI ID:
- 2318979
- Report Number(s):
- SRNL--STI-2023-00595
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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