Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 2005 International RERTR Meeting
MONOLITHIC
FUEL PLATES DIFFUSION BONDED BY
ELECTROCONSOLIDATION® PROCESS TECHNOLOGY*
GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES OF ISTC PROJECT # 3128 “USING LOW-ENRICHMENT
URANIUM IN VNIIEF PULSED NUCLEAR REACTORS”
V.P. Dubinin, A.M.
Voinov, M.A. Voinov, V.F. Kolesov
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, Mira 37, 607188,
Sarov, Russia
ABSTRACT
At present All-Russian Scientific Research Institute
of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) operates six unique
aperiodic pulse nuclear reactors. The peculiarity of
these facilities is in their rather compact core and
high-enrichment fuel (90 % of 235U).
Practically null burnup and null fission product buildup
in operation, as well as relatively low residual
background radiation, make these facilities attractive
for terrorists from the viewpoint of stealing the
strategic fission materials suitable for manufacturing
low-power nuclear charges. The authors of this paper and
ISTC project # 3128 share the objectives of the RERTR
program and propose to consider the possibility of
reducing the enrichment of fuel used in the VNIIEF
facilities.
The theoretical, design and technological studies on
developing the neutron- and gamma-radiation sources
based on the pulse nuclear reactors equipped with
uranium-graphite and uranyl sulphate aqueous solution
(UO2SO4) fuel enriched by 20 % are
intended being carried out under the project. The
characteristics of radiation to be produced in the
facilities to be designed should be similar to those of
high-enrichment facilities.
Contact: Dr. Jordi Roglans-Ribas
Technical Director, RERTR Department
Nuclear Engineering Division – 362
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