RERTR-2017 International Meeting
Nov. 12-16, 2017, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The available abstracts and papers that were presented at the “38th RERTR 2017 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors” are provided below.
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Global Progress in HEU Minimization
- S1-P1 HEU Minimization, An International Collaboration
J. Halse - S1-P2 HERACLES Overview
Y. Guinard - S1-P3 Completion of Ghana's MNSR Conversion from HEU to LEU
H.C. Odoi, I.J.K. Aboh, R.G. Abrefah, J.K. Gbadago, S.A. Birikorang, E.O. Amponsah-Abu, J.A. Morman, F. Puig
Posted on: Thu, Apr. 18, 2019 | [ 584K B] - S1-P4 IAEA Activities in Support of HEU Minimization: 2017 Update
T. Hanlon, A. Borio Di Tigliole, F. M. Marshall, P. Chakrov
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 29KB] - S1-P5 First One-Year Operation of the WWR-K Research Reactor with LEU Fuel
A.A. Shaimerdenov, L.V. Chekushina, Sh.Kh. Gizatulin, S.N. Koltochnik, F.M. Arinkin, D.A. Nakipov, Ye.A. Kenzhin
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S1-P6 Fuel Conversion Overview of MARIA Reactor (NCBJ Swierk – Poland)
C. Rontard - S1-P7 Current State of Conversion of the IGR Reactor and IVG.1M Reactor to LEU Fuel
A.D. Vurim, I.K. Derbyshev, E.T. Koyanbaev, V.V. Baklanov, V.S. Gnyrya, A.S. Azimkhanov, V.A. Zuyev, D.A. Ganovichev, Yu. A. Popov, A.N. Kolbayenkov, N.A. Hanan, P.L. Garner
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 26K B]
MNSR and Other International Conversions to LEU Operation
- S2-P1 Role of the Regulatory Body in Ghana’s MNSR Conversion from HEU to LEU
R. G. Abrefah, E. Ampomah-Amoako, M. Asamoah, J. Ayivo, E. Mensimah, A. E. Mensah, K. Appiah, L. Ameh, M. Annor-Nyarko, A. Y. Kyei, S. K. Dzide, D. Sika-Boafo, G. Emi-Reynolds
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 262KB] - S2-P2 Report on NIRR-1 Conversion Activities: From LEU Feasibility Search To Conversion Proper
S.A. Jonah
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24KB] - S2-P3 Neutronic and Safety Analysis of KUCA Wet Core using LEU Fuel
H. Unesaki, T. Misawa
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S2-P4 The NIRR-1 HEU to LEU Conversion: The Value of Risk and Material Attractiveness
S. Dahunsi
Fuel Development and Qualification
- S3-P1 European developments for monolithic UMo fuel: A status report
H. Breitkreutz, Ch. Steyer, B. Baumeister, W. Petry, B. Stepnik, M. Grasse, C. Rontard, D. Geslin, Y. Guinard
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 25K B] - S3-P2 Progress on U.S. High Performance Research Reactor LEU Fuel Element Designs
E.H. Wilson, T. Heltemes, A. Bergeron, J. Stillman, T. Heltemes, D. Jaluvka, L. Jamison
Posted on: Mon, Jan. 08, 2018 | [ 32K B] - S3-P3 U.S. Progress in U-Mo Monolithic Fuel Qualification
B. Rabin, J. Cole, J. Gan, I. Glagolenko, G. Housley, W. Jones, J.-F. Jue, D. Keiser, G. Moore, H. Ozaltun, A. Robinson,, J. Smith, W. Williams, N. Woolstenhulme, Y. Zhang, G. Hofman, B. Ye, Y. Kim
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 25K B] - S3-P4 Swelling of UMo dispersion fuel dependence on Mo content and fission rate
G.L. Hofman, B. Ye, Y.S. Kim, A. Robinson, A. Leenaers
Posted on: Fri, Oct. 27, 2017 | [ 370K B] - S3-P5 Swelling Analysis and Verification of U-10Mo Monolithic Fuel
A. Robinson
Perspectives on HEU Removal and Operations
- S4-P1 Eliminating All HEU from Indonesia
J. Jagmin Brookins, G.L Pfennigwerth
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S4-P2 JAEA-LANL Experiments Supporting the Remove Program
J. Goda, G. McKenzie IV, T. Cutler
Posted on: Thu, Oct. 05, 2017 | [ 23K B] - S4-P3 HEU Removal from Kazakhstan
I. Bolshinsky, S.D. Moses, D. Nakipov
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 23K B] - S4-P4 Enhancing Readiness to Respond to Emerging Threats: Exercise Corvina Loco
R.E. Agee
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S4-P5 Research Reactor Spent Fuel management: growing needs and available services
P. Murray, J.-F. Valery, V. Vo Van, L. Stachetti
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 463K B] - S4-P6 Research Reactor Silicide Fuel Reprocessing At La Hague Plant
C. Lavalette, J.-F. Valery, V. Vo Van, A. Talbi, L. Halle, C. Pechard, X. Renault
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 290K B]
High Performance Reactor Conversions
- S5-P1 Updates on the MIT Research Reactor (MITR) Conversion from Highly Enriched Uranium to Low Enriched Uranium Fuel
L. Hu, K. Sun, A. Dave, E.H. Wilson, T. Heltemes, F. Dunn, S. Pham
Posted on: Mon, Jan. 08, 2018 | [ 31K B] - S5-P2 Conversion Status of the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor from Highly-Enriched to Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel
L. Foyto, K. Kutikkad, J. C. McKibben, N. Peters, G. Solbrekken, A. Hoyer, J. Rivers, G. Schneiders
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 27K B] - S5-P3 Activities in Support of Conversion of the NBSR to LEU Fuel
T.H. Newton, R.E. Williams, P.C. Brand, J.M. Rowe
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 23K B] - S5-P4 ATR LEU Conversion Update
T. Maddock
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 23K B] - S5-P5 Continuing LEU Conversion Activities at the High Flux Isotope Reactor
D.G. Renfro, B.R. Betzler, D. Chandler, D.H. Cook, G. Ilas, P.K. Jain, G.Q. Kirk, D.S. Kozlowsky, T.R. Muth, D.L. Pinkston, E.L. Popov, E.E. Davidson
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 26K B]
Conversion Analysis (1)
- S6-P1 Status of Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) Conversion Preparations
D. Burns - S6-P2 An Overview of Analyses for the LEU Conversion of the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT)
H. M. Connaway, D. D. Papadias, A. E. Wright, K. Mo, D. E. Burns
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S6-P3 Transition Core Calculations for LEU Conversion of NBSR
D. J. Diamond, A. Varuttamensi, L.-Y. Cheng
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 289K B] - S6-P4 Verification and Application of New Lateral Heat Conduction Capability in PLTEMP/ANL Code
S. H. Pham, M. Kalimullah, A. Bergeron, A.P. Olson, E.E. Feldman, J.R. Licht
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B]
Fuel Development—Fabrication Technology
- S7-P1 USHPRR Fuel Fabrication Pillar Process Optimizations & Future Plans
J.M. Wight
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S7-P2 Progress on the Fabrication and Scale Up of TREAT Fuel Blocks
E.P. Luther, B.D. Coryell, D.E. Burns
Posted on: Fri, Oct. 13, 2017 | [ 73K B] - S7-P3 Irradiation of U-Mo/Mg Dispersion Fuel in the NRU Reactor
M. Saoudi, S. Corbett, T. Wagner, S. Hibbins, N. Wang
Posted on: Wed, Oct. 04, 2017 | [ 87K B] - S7-P4 Design Demonstration Elements (DDE) and Full-Size multi-Plate test of HFIR (FSP-HFIR) Scoping Study
G.K. Housley, N.E. Woolstenhulme, W.M. Cowherd, H. Hiruta, J.C. Kennedy
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S7-P5 Impacts of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory R&D in Support of the USHPRR Fuel Fabrication Pillar
N.J. Lombardo, V.V. Joshi
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B]
Poster Session
- S8-P1 Assessment of the Total Effective Dose Equivalent for Hypothetical Accidental Release from the LEUGHARR-1 Core
S. Adu, B.J.B. Nyarko, G. Emi-Reynolds, E.O. Darko, F. Otoo
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 52K B] - S8-P2 Preparation on the Coated U-7Mo Mini-plates for HAMP-2(HANARO) Irradiation Test
Y. J. Jeong, J. M. Park, S. H. Kim, K. H. Lee, K. N. Kim
Posted on: Mon, Jan. 08, 2018 | [ 24K B] - S8-P3 Effect of fission rate on the intergranular gas bubble swelling - A phase-field study
Z.-G. Mei, L. Liang, A.M. Yacout
Posted on: Mon, Oct. 30, 2017 | [ 297K B] - S8-P4 Characterizations of the LEU UMo powders used in EMPIrE irradiation experiment
F. Vanni, B. Stepnik, O. Tougait, F. Housaer, H. Palancher,X. Iltis, I. Glagolenko, J.L. Schultness, M. Hammond, D.D. Keiser, A. Yacout, S. Van den Berghe, A. Leenaers
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 27K B] - S8-P5 Analysis of thermal conductivity of U-Mo/Al and U-Mo/Al-5Si dispersion fuel
T.W. Cho, Y.S. Kim, J. M. Park, K.H. Lee, C.-T. Lee, J.H. Yang, J. S. Oh, D.-S. Sohn
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 25K B] - S8-P6 Development options for the TUM PVD Zr application process for monolithic U-Mo fuel
B. Baumeister, Ch. Steyer, M. Hoelzel, H. Breitkreutz, W. Petry
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 47K B] - S8-P7 Preliminary manufacturing studies of the KUCA LEU conversion fuels
B. Stepnik, C. Coullomb, J. Allenou, G. Foti, C. Rontard, H. Unesaki, J. Morman, J. Stevens
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 25K B] - S8-P8 Inspection of Reactor Vessel and Pool for Ghana's MNSR after Core Removal
H. C. Odoi, A. G. Ampong, P. Dordoh-Gasu, H. K. Obeng, R. E. Quagraine, L. Yiguo, D. Peng, J. Hong; X. Wu, Q. Hao
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S8-P9 Comparison of Moritz, Fabrega, Saha-Zuber, and Whittle-Forgan Criteria for OFI with 75 Experiments
M. Kalimullah, E. E. Feldman, A. P. Olson, J. R. Licht
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 47K B] - S8-P10 Preliminary results of design calculation for research reactor using VVR-KN fuel with nominal power 10 MW
K.-C. Nguyen, T.-N. Huynh, D.-H.-D. Vo, N.-D. Nguyen, D.C. Kontogeorgakos, S.H. Pham
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 29K B] - S8-P11 U-10Mo Conversion Burnup Benchmarking Activities for Full-Size LEU Fuel Plates
J.W. Nielsen
Posted on: Mon, Jan. 08, 2018 | [ 24K B] - S8-P12 Development of Temperature-Controlled Irradiation Station for Heavy-Ion Irradiations in ATLAS
Y. Miao, K. Mo, A.M. Yacout
Posted on: Mon, Jan. 08, 2018 | [ 24K B] - S8-P13 Evaluation of Effect of Post-Fabrication Voids on the Performance of C2TWP Mini-Plates
W. Mohamed, H.S. Roh, H. Ozaltun, J. Smith, J. Nielsen, I. Glagolenko, G. Hofman, B. Stepnik, H. Breitkreutz, A.M. Yacout
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 26K B] - S8-P14 Ultrasound high resolution imaging of research reactor fuel cladding thickness
E. Le Clezio, H. Pugnet, M. Mahe, B. Stepnik, G. Despaux
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 25K B] - S8-P15 Investigation of High Energy Heavy Ion Irradiation of ALD Coated LEU U-Mo in a Dispersion Fuel Mini Plate
K. Mo, Y. Miao, S. Bhattacharya, L. Jamison, A. Oaks, B. Pelc, A.M. Yacout
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 30K B] - S8-P16 The TN®MW, a new optimized cask for Research Reactors' waste management
A. Talbi, M. Ghobrini, J.-F. Valery, V. Vo Van, C. Lamouroux, C. Grandhomme, B. Kerr
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 525K B]
Fuel Irradiation Testing and Characterization
- S9-P1 U.S. Contributions to Manufacturing of the EMPIrE UMo Irradiation Experiment
A.M. Yacout, T. Wiencek, L. Jamison, S. Bhattacharya, G. Hofman, W. Mohamed, I. Glagolenko, G. Moore, J. Smith, D.D. Keiser, M. Hammond
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 25K B] - S9-P2 Manufacturing of the SEMPER FIDELIS UMo irradiation experiment
B. Stepnik, M. Grasse, C. Rontard, D. Geslin, Y. Guinard, S. Van den Berghe, A. Leenaers, H. Breitkreutz, W. Petry, H. Palancher, E. Hervieu, Y. Calzavara, H. Guyon
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 25K B] - S9-P3 Update on the Progress and Plans for Large-Size Plate Irradiation Testing of Monolithic Fuels
N.E Woolstenhulme, G.L. Hawkes, K.K. Holdaway, G.K. Housley, W.F. Jones, B.H. Rabin
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S9-P4 MiniPlate - 2 (MP-2) Experiment Conceptual Design for Irradiation in the Advanced Test Reactor
I. Glagolenko, G. Housley, D. Choe, M. Marshall, D. Crawford, G. Hawkes, J. Wiest, N. Meacham
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 30K B] - S9-P5 Recent Results from the Microstructural Characterization of Irradiated LEU-Mo Fuels
D. Keiser
Conversion Analysis (2)
- S10-P1 Overview of PLTEMP/ANL Verification and Validation
M. Kalimullah, A. P. Olson, E. E. Feldman, N. Hanan, and S. H. Pham
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 25K B] - S10-P2 Impact of Fuel Heterogeneity on Neutronic Characteristics of U-Mo Dispersion LEU Fuel
H. Unesaki, T. Sano
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 352K B] - S10-P3 Generic Test Plate Assembly Flow Testing Update
W. Jones - S10-P4 Reduced Enrichment for Naval Propulsion Reactors
A.J. Kuperman
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 271K B]
Fuel Performance Measurement, Analysis and Modeling (1)
- S11-P1 Microstructure of Fresh As-Atomized and Annealed U-7Mo Particles: Grain Growth and Mo Homogenization
H. Palancher - S11-P2 Overview of Out-of-Pile Testing Activities to Support U-Mo Monolithic Fuel Qualification
J. Cole - S11-P3 Pore pressure estimation in irradiated UMo
D. Salvato, A. Leenaers, S. Van den Berghe, C. Detavernier
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 46K B] - S11-P4 Fission-Induced Swelling of U-7Mo Fuel
Y.S. Kim - S11-P5 Summary of Properties and Fuel Performance Data for USHPRR U-10Mo LEU Conversion Analysis
L. Jamison, Y.S. Kim, D. Jaluvka, J. Stillman, G. Hofman, E. Wilson
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B]
Fuel Performance Measurement, Analysis and Modeling (2)
- S12-P1 Inter-Diffusion Layer Formation in U-Mo/Al Dispersion Fuel at High Power
B. Ye, G.L. Hofman, A. Leenaers, A. Bergeron, V. Kuzminov, S. Van den Berghe, Y.S. Kim, H. Wallin
Posted on: Mon, Oct. 30, 2017 | [ 471K B] - S12-P2 Analysis of the effect of interaction layer on thermo-physical properties of U-Mo/Al dispersion fuel
W.W. Cho, Y.S. Kim, J.M. Park, K.H. Lee, C.-T. Lee, J. H. Yang, J. S. Oh, D.-S. Sohn
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B] - S12-P3 Deflection of Plates by Flow Channel Disparities in Research Reactor Fuel
C. Bojanowski, A. Tentner, E. Feldman, T. Heltemes, E. Wilson, G. Solbrekken, C. Jesse, J. Kennedy, J. Rivers, G. Schnieders
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 49K B] - S12-P4 High-resolution ultrasonic sensor for channel gap thickness measurement
M. Chrifi Alaoui, Y. Calzavara, E. Le Clezio, G. Despaux
Posted on: Mon, Sep. 25, 2017 | [ 187K B] - S12-P5 PRIME code for Thermo-Mechanical Performance Analysis for U-Mo/Al Dispersion Fuel
G.Y. Jeong, D.-S. Sohn, Y.J. Jeong, J.M. Park
Posted on: Tue, Dec. 05, 2017 | [ 24K B]
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