DDE-NBSR Status Report of Conceptual Design Activities

N.E. Woolstenhulme ; R.B. Nielson ; B.P. Durtschi ; C.R. Glass ; G.A. Roth ; D.T. Clark

关键词: DDE;    LEU;    RERTR;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1058079
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-12-27079
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1058079
Others  :  TRN: US1300066

学科分类：核能源与工程

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Design Demonstration Experiment for the National Bureau of Standard Reactor (DDE-NBSR) is intended to facilitate Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) conversion of the NBSR by demonstrating the performance and fabrication of the LEU fuel element design through an irradiation test in the Advanced Test Reactor center flux trap. 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-NBSR 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 NBSR.