DDE-MURR Status Report of Conceptual Design Activities

N.E. Woolstenhulme ; R.B. Nielson ; M.H. Sprenger ; G.K. Housley

关键词: DDE;    LEU;    RERTR;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1058068
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-12-27078
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1058068
Others  :  TRN: US1300063

学科分类：核能源与工程

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Design Demonstration Experiment for the University of Missouri Research Reactor (DDE-MURR) is intended to facilitate Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) conversion of the MURR by demonstrating the performance and fabrication of the LEU fuel element design through an irradiation test in a 200mm channel at the Belgium Reactor 2. At the time this report was prepared the resources for furthering DDE design work were expected to be postponed. As such, the conceptual design effort to date is summarized herein in order to provide the status of key objectives, notable results, and provisions for future design work. These demonstrate that the DDE-MURR design effort is well on the path to producing a suitable irradiation experiment, but also exhibits several challenges for which timely resolution is recommend in order to facilitate success of the irradiation campaign and ultimate conversion of the MURR.