The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) LEU Fuel Element Flow Test Preliminary Design

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2447596· OSTI ID:2447596

Wang, Guanyi ^[1]; Bojanowski, Cezary ^[1]; Weiss, Aaron ^[1]; Westerberg, Alexander ^[2]; Hebden, Andrew ^[1]; Kmak, Ronald T. ^[1]; Mohamed, Walid ^[1]; Howard, Trevor ^[2]; Marcum, Wade ^[2]; Mascolino, Valerio ^[1]; Yoon, Dhongik ^[1]; Pinilla, Maria ^[3]; 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. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)

As part of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) mission to eliminate or minimize the civilian use of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium (HEU, ≥ 20 wt% U-235) fuels, the NNSA Material Management and Minimization (M3) Office of Reactor Conversion and Uranium Supply 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, < 20 wt% U-235) fuel. Primary conversion objectives for the USHPRR are to develop LEU fuel element designs that will ensure safe reactor operations and maintain the existing experimental facilities performance. The work is being conducted through many interrelated activities by stakeholders across organizations.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 2447596
• Report Number(s): ANL/RTR/TM--24/9; 191612
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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