Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 2003 International RERTR Meeting
ANL
PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING AN LEU TARGET AND PROCESS FOR Mo-99
PRODUCTION: COOPERATION WITH CNEA
A. V.
Guelis, G. F. Vandegrift, S. B. Aase, A. J. Bakel, J. R. Falkenberg,
M. C. Regalbuto, and K. J. Quigley
Argonne National Laboratory,
9700 S. Cass Avenue., Argonne, IL--USA
ABSTRACT
The primary mission
of the Reduced Enrichment in Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) Program is to
facilitate the conversion of research and test-reactor fuel and targets from
high-enriched uranium (HEU) to low-enriched uranium (LEU). One of the current goals at Argonne National
Laboratory (ANL) is to assist the Argentine Comisión Nacional de Energía
Atómica (CNEA) in developing an LEU foil target and a process for 99Mo
production. Specifically addressed in
this paper is ANL R&D related to this conversion: (1) designing a prototype
production vessel for digesting irradiated LEU foils in alkaline solutions and
(2) developing a new digestion method to address all issues related to HEU to
LEU conversion.
Contact: Dr. Artem Guelis
PhD
Argonne
National Laboratory
9700 South
Cass Avenue, Building 205
Argonne, IL
60439-4835 USA
Phone: +1 (630) 252-6057
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