Relicensing of the MIT Research Reactor
Conference
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OSTI ID:786185
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Research Reactor (MITR) is owned and operated by MIT, a nonprofit university. The current reactor, MITR-II, is a 5-MW, light water-cooled and heavy water-moderated reactor that uses materials test reactor-type fuel. Documents supporting application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for relicensing of MITR were submitted in July 1999. A power upgrade from 5 to 6 MW was also requested. The relicensed reactor (MITR-III) will be the third reactor operated by MIT. This paper describes MITR-I and MITR-II, and design options considered for MITR-III. Selected problems addressed during the relicensing studies are also described, namely core tank aging evaluation, neutronic analysis, thermal-hydraulic analysis, and step reactivity insertion analysis.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, Cambridge, MA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- none (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 786185
- Report Number(s):
- none; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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