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Languages : en
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The objective of this study is a consistent analysis of the performance and fuel cycle costs with HEU (93%) fuel and the various LEU (
Performance and Fuel-cycle Cost Comparisons with HEU and LEU Fuels
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Languages : en
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The objective of this study is a consistent analysis of the performance and fuel cycle costs with HEU (93%) fuel and the various LEU (
Fuel-cycle Cost Comparisons with Oxide and Silicide Fuels
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Languages : en
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This paper addresses fuel cycle cost comparisons for a generic 10 MW reactor with HEU aluminide fuel and with LEU oxide and silicide fuels in several fuel element geometries. The intention of this study is to provide a consistent assessment of various design options from a cost point of view. Fuel cycle cost benefits could result if a number of reactors were to utilize fuel elements with the same number or different numbers of the same standard fuel plate. Data are presented to quantify these potential cost benefits. This analysis shows that there are a number of fuel element designs using LEU oxide or silicide fuels that have either the same or lower total fuel cycle costs than the HEU design. Use of these fuels with the uranium densities considered requires that they are successfully demonstrated and licensed.
Fuel Cycle Cost Study with HEU and LEU Fuels
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Languages : en
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Fuel cycle costs are compared for a range of 235U loadings with HEU and LEU fuels using the IAEA generic 10 MW reactor as an example. If LEU silicide fuels are successfully demonstrated and licensed, the results indicate that total fuel cycle costs can be about the same or lower than those with the HEU fuels that are currently used in most research reactors.
Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309130395
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book is the product of a congressionally mandated study to examine the feasibility of eliminating the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU2) in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope production facilities. The book focuses primarily on the use of HEU for the production of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), whose decay product, technetium-99m3 (Tc-99m), is used in the majority of medical diagnostic imaging procedures in the United States, and secondarily on the use of HEU for research and test reactor fuel. The supply of Mo-99 in the U.S. is likely to be unreliable until newer production sources come online. The reliability of the current supply system is an important medical isotope concern; this book concludes that achieving a cost difference of less than 10 percent in facilities that will need to convert from HEU- to LEU-based Mo-99 production is much less important than is reliability of supply.
ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Author: American Nuclear SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Policy Concerning Foreign Research Reactor Spent Fuel
Author: Government Reports Annual Index
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Category : Government reports announcements & index
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
A Review of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Cost Models
Author: Kevan L. DeardorffPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear fuels
Languages : en
Pages : 67
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