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Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 205 pages

File Size : 28,72 MB

Release : 2016-02-12

Category : Science

ISBN : 0309379210

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Book Description

The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. Minimization, and ultimately elimination, of HEU in civilian research reactors worldwide has been a goal of U.S. policy and programs since 1978. Today, 74 civilian research reactors around the world, including 8 in the United States, use or are planning to use HEU fuel. Since the last National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on this topic in 2009, 28 reactors have been either shut down or converted from HEU to low enriched uranium fuel. Despite this progress, the large number of remaining HEU-fueled reactors demonstrates that an HEU minimization program continues to be needed on a worldwide scale. Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors assesses the status of and progress toward eliminating the worldwide use of HEU fuel in civilian research and test reactors.



Applications of Research Reactors

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher : International Atomic Energy Agency

Page : 108 pages

File Size : 44,83 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Science

ISBN : 9789201450104

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This publication is a comprehensive study that reviews the current situation in a great number of applications of research reactors. It revises the contents of IAEA TECDOC-1234, The Applications of Research Reactors, giving detailed updates on each field of research reactor uses worldwide. Reactors of all sizes and capabilities can benefit from the sharing of current practices and research enabled via this updated version, which describes the requirements for practicing methods as diverse as neutron activation analysis, education and training, neutron scattering and neutron imaging, silicon doping and radioisotope production, material/fuel irradiation and testing, and some others. Many underutilised research reactors can learn how to diversify their technical capabilities, staff and potential commercial partners and users seeking research reactor services and products. The content of the publication has also been strengthened in terms of current issues facing the vast majority of research reactors by including sections describing user and customer relations as well as strategic planning considerations.



Utilization Related Design Features of Research Reactors

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 15,99 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Nuclear reactors

ISBN : 9781523129898

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For more than 50 years research reactors have played an important role in the development of nuclear science and technology. They have made significant contributions to a large number of disciplines, as well as to the educational and research programmes of about 70 countries worldwide. There are substantial utilization issues being faced by the research reactor community, including the selection, design and operation of various types of devices in research reactors. This publication has been prepared by the IAEA to facilitate the exchange of ideas, concepts and experience. It presents descriptions of design and utilization features of facilities and associated devices that are implemented in different research reactors worldwide, covering selected fields of application.



Safety in the Utilization and Modification of Research Reactors

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher :

Page : 70 pages

File Size : 45,17 MB

Release : 1994

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN :

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Presents guidelines for the safe utilization and modification of research reactors to ensure that these projects are implemented without undue risks to personnel, the public, the environment or the reactor. This guide is also recommended for use by organisations planning to put a new reactor into operation.





Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 205 pages

File Size : 41,98 MB

Release : 2016-03-12

Category : Science

ISBN : 0309379180

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Book Description

The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. Minimization, and ultimately elimination, of HEU in civilian research reactors worldwide has been a goal of U.S. policy and programs since 1978. Today, 74 civilian research reactors around the world, including 8 in the United States, use or are planning to use HEU fuel. Since the last National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on this topic in 2009, 28 reactors have been either shut down or converted from HEU to low enriched uranium fuel. Despite this progress, the large number of remaining HEU-fueled reactors demonstrates that an HEU minimization program continues to be needed on a worldwide scale. Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors assesses the status of and progress toward eliminating the worldwide use of HEU fuel in civilian research and test reactors.





Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium

Author : National Research Council

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 220 pages

File Size : 41,51 MB

Release : 2009-06-27

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0309130395

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Book Description

This book is the product of a congressionally mandated study to examine the feasibility of eliminating the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU2) in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope production facilities. The book focuses primarily on the use of HEU for the production of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), whose decay product, technetium-99m3 (Tc-99m), is used in the majority of medical diagnostic imaging procedures in the United States, and secondarily on the use of HEU for research and test reactor fuel. The supply of Mo-99 in the U.S. is likely to be unreliable until newer production sources come online. The reliability of the current supply system is an important medical isotope concern; this book concludes that achieving a cost difference of less than 10 percent in facilities that will need to convert from HEU- to LEU-based Mo-99 production is much less important than is reliability of supply.



Safety in the Utilization and Modification of Research Reactors

Author : IAEA

Publisher : International Atomic Energy Agency

Page : 92 pages

File Size : 40,12 MB

Release : 2022-09-01

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 9201421214

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Book Description

This Safety Guide is a revision of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSG-24, which it supersedes. The current publication provides recommendations on how to meet the applicable safety requirements relating to the utilization and modification of research reactors. The recommendations focus on the categorization, safety assessment and approval of research reactor experiments and modification projects. The publication also incorporates the relevant lessons learned from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and elaborates on interfaces between nuclear safety and nuclear security. Specific safety considerations in different phases of utilization and modification projects are covered, including pre­implementation, implementation, and post implementation phases. Guidance is given on operational safety of experiments, including the handling, dismantling, post-irradiation examination and disposal of experimental devices. The publication is intended to be of use to individuals within the operating organizations of research reactors, regulatory bodies, as well as the experimenters, technical support organizations and other persons involved in utilization and modification projects.