Argonne National Laboratory
RERTR
Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors
Nuclear Engineering Division at Argonne
 U.S. Department of Energy

 
RERTR FUEL TESTS – As part of the advanced fuel development program for RERTR, fuel samples are being tested in Department of Energy's Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory.

The Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) Program develops technology necessary to enable the conversion of civilian facilities using high enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuels and targets. The RERTR Program was initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy in 1978. During the Program's existence, over 40 research reactors have been converted from HEU (= or >20% U-235) to LEU (< 20% U-235) fuels, and processes have been developed for producing radioisotopes with LEU targets. The RERTR Program is managed by the Office of Nuclear Material Threat Reduction in the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The main technology components of the program are:

  1. the development of advanced LEU fuels,
  2. design and safety analysis for research reactor conversion, and
  3. development of targets and processes for the production of the medical isotope Molybdenum-99 with LEU.

Fuels for Research and Test Reactors

Design and Safety Analyses for Research and Test Reactors

Radioisotope Production

Reference Documents concerning the RERTR Program

RERTR International Meetings

Upcoming RERTR International Meetings

RERTR-2013 International Meeting

The U.S. Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Global Threat Reduction will host the “RERTR 2013 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors.” The meeting is being organized by Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory and will be held in Chicago, IL USA from October 27-30, 2013. This will be the 35th annual meeting in a series on the same general subject regarding conversion of reactors within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative.

RERTR-2013 related resources:
Past RERTR International Meetings

2012 RERTR Meeting

2011 RERTR Meeting

2010 RERTR Meeting

2009 RERTR Meeting

For the complete list of RERTR International Meetings, see RERTR International Meetings

Contact:

See list of RERTR Program contacts

 

Mission Statement

The RERTR program mission supports the minimization and, to the extent possible, elimination of the use of HEU in civil nuclear applications by working to convert research reactors and radioisotope production processes to the use of LEU fuel and targets throughout the world.
2012 RERTR Meeting

The 2013 International RERTR Meeting (RERTR-2013) will be held in Chicago, Il USA from Oct. 27-30, 2013.
For more information visit RERTR-2013.

 

Useful Links
Internal links

DOCUMENTS
Internal links

 

Past Meetings docs

OPPORTUNITIES

The Nuclear Engineering Division at Argonne offers postdoctoral and student opportunities.

POSTDOCS

Argonne offers three Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs to outstanding doctoral scientists and engineers who are at early points in their promising careers. Please check our Postdoctoral Opportunities website for details about the Programs, a list of recent Postdoc Openings, contact information and more.

CURRENT POSTDOCTORAL PROJECTS

STUDENTS

To find out about employment and internship opportunities visit our Students website.

STUDENT OUTREACH

The Nuclear Engineering Division Student Outreach Committee serves as a point of contact to student organizations and it also maintains regular communications with university nuclear engineering programs.
The Student Outreach website informs you about current committee activities and provides other information of interest to students.


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