Replacement fuel scoping studies for the Annular Core Research Reactor

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:96916

Hays, K; Martin, L; Parma, E

Sandia National Laboratories Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) is undertaking a new mission for the Department of Energy: production of the radioisotope {sup 99}Mo used in nuclear medicine applications. Isotope production is significantly different from previous programs conducted at the ACRR that typically required high intensity, short duration pulses. The current UO{sub 2}-BeO fuel will power the initial startup phase of the production program, and can perform exceptionally well for this mission. However, this type of fuel is no longer available, commercially or otherwise. This paper presents the results of some preliminary studies of commercially available fuels.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 96916
• Report Number(s): SAND-95-1375C; CONF-951006-11; ON: DE95014840; TRN: 95:018529
• Resource Relation: Conference: Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 29 Oct - 1 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
ACPR REACTOR
REACTOR FUELING
FUEL ELEMENTS
NUCLEAR FUELS
FUEL CANS
MOLYBDENUM 99
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION