Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 2004 International RERTR Meeting
Reduced Enrichment Program for the FRM-II, Status 2004
Röhrmoser, W. Petry, K. Böning, N.Wieschalla
Zentrale Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung FRM-II,
Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching bei
München, Germany
ABSTRACT
The new research reactor FRM-II of the Technische
Universität München (TUM) has been designed to provide a
maximal thermal neutron flux at mere 20 MW power. The
single element design uses silicide fuel of densities
3.0 and 1.5 g/cm3 of highly enriched uranium (HEU, 93 %
U-235). With the nuclear license, that was granted in
May 2003, a condition was imposed to reduce the
enrichment of FRM-II to medium enriched uranium (MEU)
with not more than 50 % U-235 until the end of the year
2010. The TUM has established an international working
group to meet this target. This paper presents the
backgrounds and the results and plannings for the first
of three 2½ year periods to reach the conversion in
time.
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