Published June 1989
| Version v1
Journal article
Reduced enrichment fuel for research and test reactors (RERTR): a review
Creators
- 1. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights (Australia)
Description
The background and current status of various studies of fuelling strategies for research and test reactors including the interantional Reduced Enrichment Fuel Program (RERTR) are discussed. It is advocated that providing suitable fuel materials of sufficiently high uranium density are available, almost all research and test reactors traditionally using highly enriched uranium fuel (>80% U235), can be converted to using low enriched fuel without change of core geometry or significant adverse effect on important safety parameters
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Australia
- Journal Volume
- 6
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Nucl. Aust.
- Journal Page Range
- 1-4
- ISSN
- 0813-4227
- CODEN
- NUAUE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 21059399
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANSTO; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS; COST; DENSITY; FUEL CYCLE; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM; IAEA; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS DIVERSION; REACTOR SAFETY; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES; US DOE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; AUSTRALIAN ORGANIZATIONS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM; EVALUATION; FUELS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SAFETY; URANIUM; US ORGANIZATIONS