Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
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: Conversion of Research and Test Reactors to Low-enriched Uranium (LEU) Fuel
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Development and ApplicationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1968
Book Description
Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309379210
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. Minimization, and ultimately elimination, of HEU in civilian research reactors worldwide has been a goal of U.S. policy and programs since 1978. Today, 74 civilian research reactors around the world, including 8 in the United States, use or are planning to use HEU fuel. Since the last National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on this topic in 2009, 28 reactors have been either shut down or converted from HEU to low enriched uranium fuel. Despite this progress, the large number of remaining HEU-fueled reactors demonstrates that an HEU minimization program continues to be needed on a worldwide scale. Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors assesses the status of and progress toward eliminating the worldwide use of HEU fuel in civilian research and test reactors.
News Releases
Author: Rules and Regulations
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Impact of Fuel Density on Performance and Economy of Research Reactors
Author: International Atomic Energy AgencyPublisher:
ISBN: 9789201203205
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Research reactor fuel technology continues to evolve, driven in part by international efforts to develop high density fuels to enable the conversion of more reactors from highly enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuels. These high density fuels may offer economic benefits for research reactors, despite being more expensive initially, because they offer the prospect of higher per-assembly burnup, thus reducing the number of assemblies that must be procured, and more flexibility in terms of spent fuel management compared to the currently qualified and commercially available LEU silicide fuels. Additionally, these new fuels may offer better performance characteristics. This publication provides a preliminary evaluation of the impacts on research reactor performance and fuel costs from using high density fuel. Several case studies are presented and compared to illustrate these impacts.
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2001: Department of Energy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2001
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description