Design Study for a Low-Enriched Uranium Core for the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Annual Report for FY 2008
Description:
This report documents progress made during FY 2008 in studies of converting the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) from highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. Conversion from HEU to LEU will require a change in fuel form from uranium oxide to a uranium-molybdenum alloy. With axial and radial grading of the fuel foil and an increase in reactor power to 100 MW, calculations indicate that the HFIR can be operated with LEU fuel with no degradation in reactor performanc…
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Date:
March 1, 2009
Creator:
Primm, Trent; Chandler, David; Ilas, Germina; Miller, James Henry; Sease, John D & Jolly, Brian C
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department