Abstract
A uranium/molybdenum fuel is under development for the purpose of converting U.S. research reactors to low enriched fuel. Nuclear fuel depletion tools and methodologies have been utilized and benchmarked in order to support the conversion of the High Flux Isotope Reactor from high enriched uranium to low enriched uranium. Post-irradiation uranium isotopic atomic densities within the core of HFIR were calculated and compared to uranium mass spectrographic data measured in the late 1960s and early 70s. The ALEPH and VESTA Monte Carlo based depletion tools were employed for time- and spatially-dependent nuclide inventory calculations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 768-769 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Transactions of the American Nuclear Society |
| Volume | 103 |
| State | Published - 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2010 ANS Annual Meeting and Embedded Topical Meeting: Isotopes for Medicine and Industry - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: Nov 7 2010 → Nov 11 2010 |
