Status report on conversion of the Georgia Tech Research Reactor to low enrichment fuel

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6148915

Karam, R A ^[1]; Matos, J E; Mo, S C; Woodruff, W L ^[2]

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1. Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States)
2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

The 5 MW Georgia Tech Research Reactor (GTRR) is a heterogeneous, heavy water moderated and cooled reactor, fueled with highly-enriched uranium aluminum alloy fuel plates. The GTRR is required to convert to low enrichment (LEU) fuel in accordance with USNRC policy. The US Department of Energy is funding a program to compare reactor performance with high and low enrichment fuels. The goals of the program are: (1) to amend the SAR and the Technical Specifications of the GTRR so that LEU U{sub 3}Si{sub 2}-Al dispersion fuel plates can replace the current HEU U-Al alloy fuel, and (2) to optimize the LEU core such that maximum value neutron beams can be extracted for possible neutron capture therapy application. This paper presents a status report on the LEU conversion effort.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6148915
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP-74818; CONF-9111149--3; ON: DE92004137
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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