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Nuclear criticality safety impacts of additive manufacturing

Creators

  • 1. Y-12 National Security Complex, Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, P.O. Box 2009, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (United States)

Description

The 2016 opening of the Additive Manufacturing User Lab (AMUL) at the Y-12 National Security Complex (NSC) has brought about innovative solutions to nuclear criticality safety problems. However, the use of this new technology is not without its challenges. Items made using additive manufacturing, also known as '3-D printing', can have different material properties than conventional manufacturing and add additional nuclear criticality safety concerns such as neutron reflection and interstitial moderation. Appropriate engineering judgement is necessary to determine the best applications of additive manufacturing in processing fissile materials. (author)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--21-0292

Conference

Title
ICNC 2019 - 11. international conference on nuclear criticality safety
Dates
15-20 Sep 2019
Place
Paris (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
52015237
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING; CRITICALITY; FABRICATION; PLASTICS
Descriptors DEC
MANUFACTURING; MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS

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