RERTR-2015 International Meeting
Oct. 11-14, 2015, Seoul, Korea
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The available abstracts and papers that were presented at the “36th RERTR 2015 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors” are provided below.
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Global Progress in HEU Minimization
- S1-P1 Welcome and Overview of Office of Material Management and Minimization (M3) Goals and Objectives
P. Hanlon - S1-P2 Progress and Challenges in HEU Minimization through Reactor and Mo-99 Conversions
J. Chamberlin - S1-P3 IAEA Activities in Support of HEU Minimization: 2015 Update
J.M. Dix, A. Borio Di Tigliole, F.M. Marshall, S.M. Tozser
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 27KB] - S1-P4 Progress on Conversion of the Jamaica Slowpoke UWI CNS Research Reactor to Operation with LEU Fuel
C. Grant - S1-P5 WWR-K Reactor: Conversion Started
P. Chakrov - S1-P6 China Support to Reactor Conversion of MNSR Reactors
Y. Li - S1-P7 The KJRR, the First Research Reactor Using High Density U-Mo Fuel
J.K. Kim, J.Y. Kim, H.T. Chae, C. Park and K.H. Lee
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 28KB] - S1-P8 Overview of Environmental Management Nonproliferation and Highly Enriched Uranium Minimization Mission Activities
G. DeLeon - S1-P9 A Roadmap to Minimize and Eliminate Highly Enriched Uranium
M. Pomper - S1-P10 A Thumb and a Blanket
R. Burgul
MNSR and European High Performance Conversions to LEU Operation
- S2-P1 Implementation of Reactor Core Conversion Program of GHARR-1
H.C. Odoi, R.G. Abrefah, I J.K. Aboh, J.K. Gbadago, S.A. Birikorang and E.O. Amponsh-Abu
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 82KB] - S2-P2 Neutronics Analyses of Dispersion Fuels as Alternate Fuels for the Conversion of NIRR-1 to LEU using MCNP
K. Ibikunle, Y.V. Ibrahim, S.A. Jonah
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [106KB] - S2-P3 NIRR-1 Fuel Conversion Programme: Challenges and Opportunities
G. Omeje
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 29K B] - S2-P4 Prospective Activities Outlined for Regulatory Approval in Ghana: Overview
R.G. Abrefah, H.C. Odoi, S.C. Mo, J.A. Morman, J. Liaw
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 77K B] - S2-P5 HERACLES-CP: Towards the Conversion of High Performance Research Reactors in Europe
H. Breitkreutz
Perspectives on Fuel Performance Issues
- S3-P1 Overview on RRSF Reprocessing from Spent Fuel Transportation to Vitrified Residues Storage
J.F. Valery, X. Domingo, P. Landau, M. Launey, P. Deschamps, C. Pechard, V. Laloy, M. Kalifa
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 476K B] - S3-P2 Grain Growth and Bubble Evolution in U-Mo Alloy by Multiscale Simulations
Z. Mei, L. Liang, Y.S. Kim, T. Wiencek, G. Hofman, M. Anitescu, A.M. Yacout
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 1.1M B] - S3-P3 Feasibility of BR2 Fuel Cycle with Different Burnable Absorber Options
S. Kalcheva, E. Koonen
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 568K B] - S3-P4 Modeling of U-Mo/Al Dispersion Fuel Meat Swelling
Y.S. Kim
Fuel Development—Fabrication Technology I
- S4-P1 U.S. Progress in U-Mo Monolithic Fuel Development
B. Rabin, J. Cole, I. Glagolenko, N. Woolstenhulme, G. Moore, A. Robinson, D. Keiser, H. Ozaltun, M. Meyer, D. Wachs, G. Hofman
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 28K B] - S4-P2 USHPRR Fuel Fabrication Capability Program Overview and Readiness for Fabrication of the MP-1 Experiment
J. Wight - S4-P3 Y-12 National Security Complex U-Mo Fabrication for MP-1
A. DeMint, J. Henkel, H. Longmire and B. Pehrson
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 279K B] - S4-P4 Optimization of Zirconium Plasma Spraying for MP-1 Fabrication
K.J. Hollis, D.R. Cummins and D.E. Dombrowski
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 1.5M B] - S4-P5 Design of Irradiation Tests for Monolithic Fuel Qualification
N.E Woolstenhulme, I. Glagolenko, K.K. Holdaway and B.H. Rabin
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 640K B] - S4-P6 Design and Engineering Considerations in the Fabrication of TREAT LEU Fuel Elements
I.J. van Rooyen. E.P. Luther, B. Coryell, L.N. Valenti, T. Holesinger
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 29K B] - S4-P7 Manufacturing Progress Status of EMPIRE UMo Irradiation Experiment
B. Stepnik
High Performance Reactor Conversions
- S5-P1 Accident Analyses for the MIT Research Reactor (MITR) Conversion from Highly Enriched Uranium to Low Enriched Uranium Using an Unfinned Fuel Element
L.-W. Hu - S5-P2 Continuing LEU Conversion Activities at the High Flux Isotope Reactor
D.G. Renfro, B.R. Betzler, D.H. Cook, J.D. Freels, F.P. Griffin, R.E. Hale, G. Ilas, P.K. Jain, G.Q. Kirk, C.S. McAmis, T.R. Muth, D.L. Pinkston, E.L. Popov, E.E. Sunny and J.R. Valentine
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 29K B] - S5-P3 Accident Analyses for the Conversion of the University of Missouri Research Reactor from Highly-Enriched to Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel
L. Foyto, K. Kutikkad, J. C. McKibben, N. Peters, J. Stillman, E. Feldman and E. Wilson
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 29K B] - S5-P4 Completion of the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report for the Conversion of the NBSR to LEU Fuel
R.E. Williams, J.M. Rowe, D.S. O'Kelly, P.C. Brand, D.J. Diamond, J.S. Baek, A.L. Hanson, L.-Y. Cheng, A. Cuadra and N.R. Brown
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 29K B] - S5-P5 Progress Update on Activities Towards Conversion of the Advanced Test Reactor
R. Little - S5-P6 U.S. High Performance Research Reactor LEU Fuel Element Designs
E.H. Wilson, A. Bergeron, and J. Stillman
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 97K B] - S5-P7 TREAT Conversion Project Status Update
S.R. Morrell
Fuel Development—Fabrication Technology II
- S6-P1 A Comparative Post Ion-irradiation Study of ALD and PVD Coated ZrN U-7wt% Mo Dispersion Fuel Microplates
S. Bhattacharya, B. Ye, K. Mo, W. Mohamed, L. Jamison, G. Hofman, Y.S. Kim, S.V. Berghe, A. Leenaers, D.N. Seidman, M. Pellin and A. Yacout
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 97K B] - S6-P2 As-fabricated Nitride and Silicide Coated U-Mo Atomized Particles: Complementary Microstructural Analyses
H. Palancher - S6-P3 Design of Miniplate Experiments for Irradiation in the Advanced Test Reactor
I. Glagolenko - S6-P4 Surface Modification of UMo Particles by Atomization under Reactive Atmosphere
L. Olivares, J. Lisboa, J. Marin, M. Barrera
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 95K B]
Conversion Analysis and Methods
- S7-P1 The High Flux Isotope Reactor: Technical Challenges to Overcome in Conversion Analysis
A. Bergeron, D. Jaluvka, F. Dunn, J. Sienicki, E. Wilson, D.G. Renfro, B.R. Betzler, D.H. Cook, J.D. Freels, F.P. Griffin, R.E. Hale, G. Ilas, P.K. Jain, G.Q. Kirk, C.S. McAmis, T.R. Muth, D.L. Pinkston, E.L. Popov, E.E. Sunny and J.R. Valentine
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 29K B] - S7-P2 Analyses for Primary Coolant Pump Coastdown Phenomena for Jordan Research and Training Reactor
Y.M. Alatrash - S7-P3 Neutronics and Transient Calculations for the Conversion of the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT)
D.C. Kontogeorgakos, H.M. Connaway, D.D. Papadias and A.E. Wright
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 104K B] - S7-P4 Steady-State Thermal-Hydraulics Analyses for the Conversion of BR2 to Low Enriched Uranium Fuel
J. Licht, A Bergeron, B. Dionne, G. Van den Branden, S. Kalcheva, E. Sikik and E. Koonen
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 967K B] - S7-P5 Validation of the Laue-Langevin High Flux Reactor (RHF) Neutronic Model and LEU Design Risk Mitigation Activities
A. Bergeron, J. Licht, B. Dionne, Y. Calzavara, F. Thomas, H. Guyon
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 29K B] - S7-P6 Application of CFD to the Steady-State Thermal-Hydraulics Analyses for RHF Fuel Conversion
J. Licht, A Bergeron, B. Dionne, F. Thomas, Y. Calzavara and H. Guyon
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 97K B]
Russian-Designed Reactor Conversions
- S8-P1 Testing of IRT-3M (U-Mo) LEU Lead Test Assemblies in the MIR Reactor
A.L. Izhutov, V.A. Starkov, V. V. Pimenov, S.V. Mainskov, V.V. Iakovlev, V.Yu. Shishin
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 1.7M B] - S8-P2 Acceptance Tests for the LEU IVG.1M Reactor Fuel
M.K. Skakov, A.D. Vurim, V.V. Baklanov, Y.T. Koyanbaev, E.E. Sapatayev, A.Zh. Miniyazov, E.A. Kozhakhmetov
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 95K B] - S8-P3 Analysis of Steady States and Potential Accidents for the WWR-K Reactor Safety Analysis Report
F. Arinkin, P. Chakrov, L. Chekushina,.Sh. Gizatulin, S. Koltochnik, A. Shaimerdenov
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 1.1M B] - S8-P4 Neutronics, Steady-State, and Transient Analyses for the Kazakhstan VVR-K Reactor with LEU Fuel
N. A. Hanan and P. L. Garner
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 1.2M B] - S8-P5 Testing Plan for LEU Fuel and Beryllium Oxide for the Conversion of the IGR Reactor
A. Vurim, V. Gaidaichuck, V. Baklanov, E. Koyanbev, E. Kozlovskiy
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 91K B]
Poster Session
- S9-P1 Metallographic Preparation of Uranium-Molybdenum
M. Dodenhoft, Ch. Steyer, R. Jungwirth, H. Breitkreutz, W. Petry
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 177K B] - S9-P2 Nigerian Roadmap for Core Conversion and HEU Core Removal
K.J. Adedoyin
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 335K B] - S9-P3 Amorphization Behavior of the UMo-Al Interaction Layer Produced by High-Energy Ion Irradiation
L. Jamison, B. Ye, S. Bhattacharya, and A. Yacout
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 93K B] - S9-P4 Criticality Calculations for The IAEA 10 MW Research Reactor using Nodal Diffusion Methods
M.K. Jaradat, S. Alkhafaji, K. Abu Saleem, C.J. Park
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 281K B] - S9-P5 Kirkendall Void Formation in the Interaction Layer of U(Mo)/Al Dispersion Fuel
G.Y. Jeong - S9-P6 Performance Evaluation of an Active Residual Heat Removal System for Research Reactor
I.S. Jun, S.H. Yang, S.K. Park
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 456K B] - S9-P7 Effects of the Formation of U3MoSi2 as a Diffusion Barrier Between U-7Mo-1Ti and Al
S. Kim, J.M. Nam, K.H. Lee, Y.J. Jeong, K.N. Kim, J.M. Park
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 28K B] - S9-P8 The Design Evaluation of a Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Dispersion Target for Mo-99 Production
E.H. Kong - S9-P9 Damage Propagation of Plate Type Fuel by Flow Blockage Accident of a Research Reactor
B. Lee and S. Park
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 701K B] - S9-P10 CNEA Developments in U-Mo-Zry-4 Miniplates, Dog Bone Studies and Plates Co-rolling Control
M. Lopez, B. Picchetti, H. Taboada
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 192K B] - S9-P11 High-Energy Synchrotron Study of In-Pile-Irradiated U-Mo Fuels
Y. Miao, K. Mo, B. Ye, L. Jamison, Z. Mei, J. Gan, B. Miller, J. Madden, J.S. Park, J. Almer, S. Bhattacharya, Y.S. Kim, G.L. Hofman, A.M. Yacout
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 297K B] - S9-P12 First Results of MC Type LTA and Fuel Elements Sipping Tests after Conversion in MARIA Reactor
M. Migdal
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 685K B] - S9-P13 Post-irradiation Examination of Burnable Absorbers for U-Mo Dispersion Fuel in KOMO Irradiation Tests at HANARO
H.J. Ryu - S9-P14 Investigation of Welding Condition for the HANARO
Fuel Rod Weld Zone
W.-J. So, Y.-S. Lee, D.-B. Lee, S.-S. Kim
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 386K B] - S9-P15 Sputter-coating of Monolithic UMo: A Status Report
Ch. Steyer, B. Baumeister, H. Breitkreutz, W. Petry, B. Stepnik, C. Jarousse, D. Geslin
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 49K B] - S9-P16 PIE Results of Mini-plate Irradiation Test HAMP-1 for U(Mo)-Al(Si) Dispersion Fuel
Y.W. Tahk, J.Y. Oh, H.J. Kim, E.H. Kong, J.S. Yim, H.M. Kim, B.O.Yoo, Y.H. Jung, S.B. Ahn, K.H. Lee, Y.J. Jeong, J.M. Park
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 41K B] - S9-P17 Post Irradiation TEM Investigation of ZrN Coated U(Mo) Particles Prepared with FIB
W. Van Renterghem, A. Leenaers, S. Van den Berghe, B.D. Miller, J. Gan, J.W. Madden, D.D. Keiser, H. Palancher, G.L. Hofman, H. Breitkreuz
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 911K B] - S9-P18 Implementation of Reactor Regulating System in Safety Analysis of Research Reactor
S.B. Yum, B.H. Lee, S.K. Park
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 282K B] - S9-P19 Burnup Determination of Irradiated U-Mo Dispersion Fuel by Neodymium Monitor Methods
J.S. Kim, Y.S. Jeon, Y.S. Park, B.M. Kang, J.I. Park and Y.K. Ha
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 28K B] - S9-P20 Regulatory Review Processes of Ghana Research Reactor-1 (GHARR-1) Core Conversion
S. Adu - S9-P21 Fabrication Characteristics of U-7Mo Fuel Coated by Atomic Layer Deposition
A.M. Yacout - S9-P22 Thermal Conductivity Modeling of U-Mo/Al Dispersion Fuel
Y.S. Kim, B.J. Cho, D.-S. Sohn, J.M. Park
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 93K B] - S9-P23 Status on Silicide Fuel Reprocessing at AREVA La Hague (2015)
J.F. Valery, X. Domingo, P. Landau, C. Alameda-Angulo, C. Pechard, V. Laloy
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 384K B] - S9-P24 Influence of Neutron Irradiation on Radiation Swelling of Aluminum Alloys
Sh. Alikulov, F. Akhmedjanov, S. Baytelesov, F. Kungurov, U. Salikhbaev, W. O'Connor, B. Reid, E. Gauerke
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 299K B] - S9-P25 Safe and Effective Utilization of WWR-SM Research Reactor after Conversion
S.A. Baytelesov, F.R. Kungurov, U.S. Salikhbaev, D.D. Yusupov
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 1.0M B] - S9-P26 Problems of Full-Core Conversion of the WWR-M Resaerch Reactor in Ukraine
Y.P. Mahlers, V.M. Makarovsky, I.A. Maliuk and O.F. Rudyk
- S9-P27 Fabrication Characteristics of U-7Mo Fuel Coated by Atomic Layer Deposition
T. Wiencek
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 28K B]
Fuel Irradiation Testing and Characterization
- S10-P1 Destructive Post-irradiation Examination of the RERTR-12 and AFIP-6 MKII
A.B. Robinson - S10-P2 Recent Results of Microstructural Characterization of Irradiated U-Mo Fuels
D.D. Keiser - S10-P3 KJRR Fuel (U-7Mo) Qualification Plan and Its Status
J.S. Yim - S10-P4 Non Destructive Post-irradiation Examination of the RERTR-12 and AFIP-6 MKII Experiments
W.J. Williams - S10-P5 TEM Characterization of High Burnup U-10Mo Monolithic Fuel Plate
J. Gan, B.D. Miller, D.D. Keiser, J.F. Jue, J.W. Madden, A.B. Robinson, M.K. Meyer
Posted on: Fri, Aug. 12, 2016 | [ 108K B]
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