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Durazzo, M.; Carvalho, E.F. Urano de; Saliba-Silva, A.M.; Souza, J.A.B; Riella, H.G.
2007 international meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR). Abstracts and available papers presented at the meeting2008
2007 international meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR). Abstracts and available papers presented at the meeting2008
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[en] IPEN has been working for increasing radioisotope production in order to supply the expanding demand for radiopharmaceutical medicines requested by the Brazilian welfare. To reach this objective, the IEA-R1 research reactor power capacity was recently increased from 2 MW to 4 MW. Since 1988 IPEN has been manufacturing its own fuel element, initially based on U3O8-Al dispersion fuel plates with 2.3 gU/cm3. To support the reactor power increase, higher uranium density in the fuel plate meat had to be achieved for better irradiation flux and also to minimize the irradiated fuel elements to be stored. Uranium silicide was the chosen option and the fuel fabrication development started with the support of the IAEA BRA/4/047 Technical Cooperation Project. This paper describes the results of this program and the current status of silicide fuel fabrication and its qualification. (author)
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Argonne National Laboratory, Nuclear Engineering Division, RERTR Department, Argonne, IL (United States); Czech Technical University, Prague (Czech Republic); vp; Jul 2008; 10 p; RERTR-2007: 29. international meeting on reduced enrichment for research and test reactors; Prague (Czech Republic); 23-27 Sep 2007; PROJECT IAEA BRA/4/047; Also available on-line: http://www.rertr.anl.gov/RERTR29/; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); 7 refs, 11 figs, 1 tab
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ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS, ACTINIDES, CHALCOGENIDES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DRUGS, ELEMENTS, ENERGY SOURCES, FUEL ELEMENTS, FUELS, ISOTOPES, LABELLED COMPOUNDS, LATIN AMERICA, MATERIALS, METALS, OXIDES, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTOR MATERIALS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, SILICIDES, SILICON COMPOUNDS, SOUTH AMERICA, URANIUM COMPOUNDS, URANIUM OXIDES
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