Published October 2003 | Version v1
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Feasibility studies for LEU conversion of the WWR-SM reactor in Uzbekistan using pin-type and tubular fuels

Creators

  • 1. RERTR Program Nuclear Engineering Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL 60439-4815 (United States)

Description

The 10 MW WWR-SM research reactor in Uzbekistan currently uses HEU (36%) IRT-3M 6-tube fuel assemblies manufactured by the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant in Russia. This study compares the neutronic performance and preliminary thermal-hydraulic performance of the reactor and its experiments for several core sizes using various LEU pin-type and LEU tube-type fuel assembly designs with the performance of the current HEU (36%) reference fuel assembly and core. Several LEU fuel assembly designs are identified which would be suitable for conversion of the WWR-SM reactor if they are manufactured, successfully irradiation tested, and made commercially available in Russia. (author)

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Abstracts and Papers of the 2003 International RERTR Meeting

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Abstracts and Papers of the 2003 International RERTR Meeting
Imprint Pagination
12 p.
Report number
INIS-XA-C--007

Conference

Title
25. international meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR)
Dates
5-10 Oct 2003
Place
Chicago, IL (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35066238
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FUEL ASSEMBLIES; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM; IRT REACTOR; PERFORMANCE TESTING; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR LATTICE PARAMETERS; SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; WWR-S-TASHKENT REACTOR
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS; MATERIALS; MECHANICS; METALS; POOL TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TESTING; THERMAL REACTORS; URANIUM; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WWR TYPE REACTORS

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Notes
16 refs, 1 fig., 3 tabs