Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 2004 International RERTR Meeting
STATUS AND
PROGRESS OF THE RERTR PROGRAM IN THE YEAR 2004
Armando Travelli
Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, Illinois, USA
ABSTRACT
The overall status of the RERTR program at the time of
the last RERTR meeting is reviewed and the progress
achieved since that meeting is described. In the fuel
area, unexpected failures of LEU U-Mo dispersion plates
and tubes under irradiation testing have prompted a
revision of the plans to qualify these fuels. While
potential solutions to the difficulties with U-Mo
dispersion fuels are being explored in collaboration
with our international partners, greater emphasis has
been placed on accelerating development of monolithic
LEU U-Mo fuel. The feasibility of converting several
Russian-designed research reactors to LEU fuels has been
addressed, and progress has been made in the development
of LEU-based 99Mo production processes. The Russian
RERTR program has made significant advances. A very
important event of 2004 was the USDOE establishment of
the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI). This new
program accelerates and combines under the same USDOE
management several programs, including RERTR, which aim
to secure, remove, or dispose of, nuclear and other
radioactive materials throughout the world that are
vulnerable to theft by terrorists.
Contact: Dr. Jordi Roglans-Ribas
Technical Director, RERTR Department
Nuclear Engineering Division – 362
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
Fax: +1 630-252-5161
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