Abstract
The progress of the Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactor (RERTR) Program is described. The major events, findings, and activities of 1991 are reviewed after a brief summary of the results which the RERTR Program had achieved by the end of 1990 in collaboration with its many international partners. The RERTR program, has concentrated its efforts on technology transfer and implementation activities consistent with the guidance received from the Department of Energy at the end of 1990. Postirradiation fuel data have continued to be analyzed and interpreted to gain a better understanding of the behaviour of research reactor fuels under irradiation. Final reports of the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (ORR) Whole-Core Demonstration and of the Ford Nuclear Reactor (FNR) Whole-Core Demonstration were published, and a final report on RERTR fuel development activities is at the final draft stage. Several computer codes for the analysis of research reactors were successfully converted to run on SUN workstations. Final contributions to the IAEA Safety and Licensing Guidebook for Core Conversions were completed. Analyses, calculations, and safety evaluations were conducted to support both US and foreign research reactors in converting to the use of low enrichment uranium. Six additional reactors that used to need
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Travelli, A
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL (United States)
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Travelli, A.
The RERTR program: A status report.
IAEA: N. p.,
1995.
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Travelli, A.
The RERTR program: A status report.
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1995.
"The RERTR program: A status report."
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abstractNote = {The progress of the Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactor (RERTR) Program is described. The major events, findings, and activities of 1991 are reviewed after a brief summary of the results which the RERTR Program had achieved by the end of 1990 in collaboration with its many international partners. The RERTR program, has concentrated its efforts on technology transfer and implementation activities consistent with the guidance received from the Department of Energy at the end of 1990. Postirradiation fuel data have continued to be analyzed and interpreted to gain a better understanding of the behaviour of research reactor fuels under irradiation. Final reports of the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (ORR) Whole-Core Demonstration and of the Ford Nuclear Reactor (FNR) Whole-Core Demonstration were published, and a final report on RERTR fuel development activities is at the final draft stage. Several computer codes for the analysis of research reactors were successfully converted to run on SUN workstations. Final contributions to the IAEA Safety and Licensing Guidebook for Core Conversions were completed. Analyses, calculations, and safety evaluations were conducted to support both US and foreign research reactors in converting to the use of low enrichment uranium. Six additional reactors that used to need EU exports have become fully converted to LEU fuels, bringing to nine the total of such reactors. Two more U.S. university reactors were also fully converted, bringing their total to five. An approximate quantitative evaluation shows that the midpoint of the road to conversion of all reactors which used to require HEU exports has been passed, and last year's progress is consistent with the projection that most reactors which do not require development of new fuels could be converted within three years. The major current program goal is to work closely with the various reactor and fuel fabrication organizations, so that this projection becomes reality. International cooperation continues to be essential to the achievement of this goal. (author)}
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title = {The RERTR program: A status report}
author = {Travelli, A}
abstractNote = {The progress of the Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactor (RERTR) Program is described. The major events, findings, and activities of 1991 are reviewed after a brief summary of the results which the RERTR Program had achieved by the end of 1990 in collaboration with its many international partners. The RERTR program, has concentrated its efforts on technology transfer and implementation activities consistent with the guidance received from the Department of Energy at the end of 1990. Postirradiation fuel data have continued to be analyzed and interpreted to gain a better understanding of the behaviour of research reactor fuels under irradiation. Final reports of the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (ORR) Whole-Core Demonstration and of the Ford Nuclear Reactor (FNR) Whole-Core Demonstration were published, and a final report on RERTR fuel development activities is at the final draft stage. Several computer codes for the analysis of research reactors were successfully converted to run on SUN workstations. Final contributions to the IAEA Safety and Licensing Guidebook for Core Conversions were completed. Analyses, calculations, and safety evaluations were conducted to support both US and foreign research reactors in converting to the use of low enrichment uranium. Six additional reactors that used to need EU exports have become fully converted to LEU fuels, bringing to nine the total of such reactors. Two more U.S. university reactors were also fully converted, bringing their total to five. An approximate quantitative evaluation shows that the midpoint of the road to conversion of all reactors which used to require HEU exports has been passed, and last year's progress is consistent with the projection that most reactors which do not require development of new fuels could be converted within three years. The major current program goal is to work closely with the various reactor and fuel fabrication organizations, so that this projection becomes reality. International cooperation continues to be essential to the achievement of this goal. (author)}
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