Light water reactor mixed-oxide fuel irradiation experiment

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:663181

Hodge, S A; Cowell, B S ^[1]; Chang, G S; Ryskamp, J M ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab.

The United States Department of Energy Office of Fissile Materials Disposition is sponsoring and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is leading an irradiation experiment to test mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel made from weapons-grade (WG) plutonium. In this multiyear program, sealed capsules containing MOX fuel pellets fabricated at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are being irradiated in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The planned experiments will investigate the utilization of dry-processed plutonium, the effects of WG plutonium isotopics on MOX performance, and any material interactions of gallium with Zircaloy cladding.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Management and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 663181
• Report Number(s): ORNL/CP-98381; CONF-980906-; ON: DE98005752; TRN: 99:000066
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. American Nuclear Society (ANS) topical meeting on DOE spent nuclear fuel and fissile materials management, Charleston, SC (United States), 8-11 Sep 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
MIXED OXIDE FUELS
URANIUM OXIDES
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
ATR REACTOR
PERFORMANCE TESTING