A recent review of nuclear reactor emergency core
cooling systems has required renewed investigations into
the present knowledge of experiments which have measured
after-heat. Of special interest are some experiments which
were performed after Shure's 1961 evaluation, upon which
the American Nuclear Society (ANS) recommended after-heat
curves are based.
Experiments...
This work describes the fabrication of a high uranium density fuel for the
Reduced Enrichment of Research and Test Reactors Program. In an effort to decrease
the use of high enriched uranium in research and test reactors around the world, new
fuels with high uranium densities must be developed such...
The need for cheap reliable energy, while simultaneously avoiding uranium supply constraints makes uranium carbide (UC) fueled Gas Fast Reactors offer an attractive nuclear reactor design. In order to qualify the fuel, an enhanced understanding of the behavior of uranium carbide during operation is paramount. Due to a reduced re-solution...
The adsorption of uranium ions from seawater could be of importance
as reserves of uranium are depleted. The structure, chemical
state, and concentration of uranium in seawater have been previously
determined. Uranium exists as a charged ion, UO₂(CO₃)₃⁴⁻. The concentration
in seawater is 3.3 parts per billion.
Previous studies with...
This work focuses on the generation and collection of four specific
radioxenon isotopes; xenon-131m, xenon-133m, xenon-133 and xenon-135. These
nuclides are created by fissioning a highly enriched uranium sample using a
thermal neutron source from a university research reactor. The three main aspects
of this work include:
(1) Conducting preliminary...
Background: There is a long-term interest in running the fission reaction backward, i.e., studying the "inverse fission" of uranium. The recent availability of beams of n-rich fission fragments has stimulated interest in this endeavor.
Purpose: To search for inverse fission in the reactions Sn-¹²⁴,Sn-¹3² + Mo-¹⁰⁰.
Method: In the Sn-¹²⁴...
