Utilizing the Philippine Research Reactor-1 TRIGA fuel in a subcritical assembly
- 1. Philippine Nuclear Research Institute – DOST, Quezon City (Philippines)
Description
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) used to operate the Philippine Research Reactor-1 which has been shut down since 1988. Since then, PNRI is in possession of slightly irradiated TRIGA fuel rods that have been in wet storage for 30 years. Recently, PNRI has decided to reuse these fuel rods in a subcritical assembly (SCA) to re-establish nuclear expertise in the Philippines. A subcritical assembly is an ideal nuclear facility for training and basic research for a country like the Philippines, which is restarting a nuclear science and technology program. In this paper, the options considered for PRR-1 that eventually led to the decision of utilizing the TRIGA fuel in an SCA will be discussed. An overview of the SCA design and the utilization plan for the facility will be likewise presented. (author)
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IAEA
- Imprint Place
- Vienna (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
- ISBN
- 978-92-0-131820-6
- Imprint Title
- Research Reactors: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities to Ensure Effectiveness and Sustainability. Summary of an International Conference. Supplementary Files
- Imprint Pagination
- vp.
- Series
- Proceedings Series
- Journal Page Range
- 8 p.
- ISSN
- 0074-1884
Conference
- Title
- Addressing Challenges and Opportunities to Ensure Effectiveness and Sustainability
- Acronym
- International Conference on Research Reactors
- Dates
- 25-29 Nov 2019
- Place
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 52011166
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S96: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FUEL RODS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PHILIPPINE NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE; PRR-1 REACTOR; REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING; SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES; TRAINING; WET STORAGE
- Descriptors DEC
- DECOMMISSIONING; EDUCATION; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PHILIPPINE ORGANIZATIONS; POOL TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR LIFE CYCLE; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; STORAGE; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 9 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.
- Secondary number(s)
- IAEA-CN--277/P.2.08