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Matu, F. Lumu Badimbayi; Kom'bele, D.G.; Tshiashala, A.M.D.
Return of research reactor spent fuel to the country of origin: Requirements for technical and administrative preparations and national experiences. Proceedings of a technical meeting2008
Return of research reactor spent fuel to the country of origin: Requirements for technical and administrative preparations and national experiences. Proceedings of a technical meeting2008
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[en] For more than four decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) operated two research reactors, a Triga-I (50 kW) and a Triga-II (1 MW), both located at the 'Centre Regional d'Etudes Nucleaires de Kinshasa' (CREN-K) situated in the campus of the University of Kinshasa. The Triga-I reactor was definitely shutdown and partially decommissioned in 1970, and its premises converted to a spent fuel storage facility with 56 low enriched uranium (LEU) spent fuel elements stored in the reactor pool. On 24 March 1972, the Triga-II reactor reached its first criticality with a core loading capacity of 70 LEU fuel elements. The reactor was used for the purpose of training, research and isotope production until November 2003. Since then, it's in a stage of extended shutdown due, among others, to technical safety related problems. This notwithstanding, the fuel elements currently loaded in the reactor core added to the 9 spare fresh fuel elements available in the facility, all of LEU type, are available to operate the reactor for another 10 to 15 years. This paper describes the overall situation of the CREN-K Triga I and II fuel. Also are presented information on available fresh and spent fuel, on in-site and off-site infrastructure and on national regulations for transport of radioactive materials, information considered essential for the future shipment of the 138 fuel elements available at CREN-K facilities. (author)
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International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Fuels Cycle and Materials Section, Vienna (Austria); 349 p; ISBN 978-92-0-105508-8;
; ISSN 1011-4289;
; Aug 2008; p. 291-296; Technical meeting on return of research reactor spent fuel to the country of origin: Requirements for technical and administrative preparations and national experiences; Vienna (Austria); 28-31 Aug 2006; Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TE_1593_Web.pdf; For availability on CD-ROM, please contact IAEA, Sales and Promotion Unit: E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/publications.asp; 4 refs, 1 fig., 4 tabs


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ACTINIDES, AFRICA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ELEMENTS, ENERGY SOURCES, ENRICHED URANIUM, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, FUEL ELEMENTS, FUELS, HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS, HYDRIDE MODERATED REACTORS, IRRADIATION REACTORS, ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS, ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS, LAWS, MATERIALS, METALS, NORTH AMERICA, NUCLEAR FUELS, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTOR MATERIALS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS, STORAGE, THERMAL REACTORS, TRAINING REACTORS, TRIGA TYPE REACTORS, URANIUM, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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