Overview of 2007 ANL progress for conversion of HEU-based Mo-99 production as part of the U.S. Global Threat Reduction--Conversion program.

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007

OSTI ID:973472

Vandegrift, G F; Bakel, A J; Thomas, J W

ANL effort is divided into five areas: (1) cooperation with Argentina to demonstrate the use of LEU-foil targets in alkaline-based processes, (2) cooperation with Indonesia in converting their HEU-based Cintichem process to LEU-foil targets, (3) technical assistance to two potential U.S. domestic suppliers (MURR and BWTX), (4) responding to the National Academies Study, and (5) participation in the IAEA CRP for Indigenous Mo-99 production. This paper presents highlights of these activities. A short description of how the dose emitted by spent HEU target material compared to spent fuel is also included.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 973472
• Report Number(s): ANL/CMT/CP-60164; TRN: US1001820
• Resource Relation: Conference: RERTR-2007 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors; Sep. 23, 2007 - Sep. 27, 2007; Prague, Czech Republic
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
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IAEA
PRODUCTION
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SPENT FUELS
TARGETS
MOLYBDENUM 99