Irradiation Thermo-Mechanical Modeling and Analysis of University of Missouri Research Reactor HEU Fuel Plates

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2572748· OSTI ID:2572748

Wang, Guanyi ^[1]; Cetinbas, Firat ^[1]; Mohamed, Walid ^[1]; Aliberti, Gerardo ^[1]; Yoon, Dhongik S. ^[1]; Kim, Yeon Soo ^[1]; Mascolino, Valerio ^[1]; Pinilla, Maria ^[2]; Wilson, Erik H. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)

The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) located in Columbia, Missouri is one of six U.S. High Performance Research Reactors (USHPRR), including one critical facility, that is actively collaborating with U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Material Management and Minimization (M3) Office of Reactor Conversion and Uranium Supply to convert from the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU; $$\geqslant$$ 20 wt% U-235) to low-enriched uranium (LEU; <20 wt% U-235) fuel. A new type of very high-density LEU fuel based on an alloy of uranium and 10 wt% molybdenum (U-10Mo) is expected to allow the conversion to LEU of MURR, as well as four other USHPRR.

• 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: 2572748
• Report Number(s): ANL-RTR-TM--23-13; 191082
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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