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2003 International RERTR Meeting

FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR LEU CONVERSION OF THE WWR-SM REACTOR IN UZBEKISTAN USING PIN-TYPE AND TUBULAR FUELS

N.A. Hanan, A.P. Olson, and J.E. Matos

RERTR Program
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL USA

ABSTRACT

The 10 MW WWR-SM research reactor in Uzbekistan currently uses HEU (36%) IRT-3M 6-tube fuel assemblies manufactured by the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant in Russia.  This study compares the neutronic performance and preliminary thermal-hydraulic performance of the reactor and its experiments for several core sizes using various LEU pin-type and LEU tube-type fuel assembly designs with the performance of the current HEU (36%) reference fuel assembly and core.  Several LEU fuel assembly designs are identified which would be suitable for conversion of the WWR-SM reactor if they are manufactured, successfully irradiation tested, and made commercially available in Russia.


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