Hypothetical Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Fuel Transport Using the Existing ES-3100
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Increased industry interest in increased enrichment fuels is associated with a heightened interest in high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)-based systems, as novel designs look to take root as alternatives to traditional LWRs. Increased enrichment with novel reactors can produce designs that, in theory and in some historical experience, are capable of operation at increased burnups, higher energy density, and other unique features compared to conventional LWRs. As part of a Department of Energy (DOE) initiative to increase the availability of HALEU fuel, initial funding sourced from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) [1] resulted in the DOE/NRC Criticality Safety for Commercial-Scale HALEU Fuel Cycle and Transportation (DNCSH) project, part of the HALEU Availability Program. The project aims to support the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in providing data for criticality safety validation of reactor designs that, while perhaps demonstrated in limited capacity, represent more exotic systems than those that regulators are accustomed to reviewing.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 2351043
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM--2024/3366
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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