Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors
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Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors

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eBook - ePub

Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors

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About this book

The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. Minimization, and ultimately elimination, of HEU in civilian research reactors worldwide has been a goal of U.S. policy and programs since 1978. Today, 74 civilian research reactors around the world, including 8 in the United States, use or are planning to use HEU fuel. Since the last National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on this topic in 2009, 28 reactors have been either shut down or converted from HEU to low enriched uranium fuel. Despite this progress, the large number of remaining HEU-fueled reactors demonstrates that an HEU minimization program continues to be needed on a worldwide scale. Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors assesses the status of and progress toward eliminating the worldwide use of HEU fuel in civilian research and test reactors.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Summary
  6. 1 Background and Study Task
  7. 2 Research Reactors Currently Using HEU Fuel
  8. 3 Research Reactors and Their Uses
  9. 4 Technical Obstacles to Conversion
  10. 5 Nontechnical Obstacles to Reactor Conversion
  11. 6 Conversion Program: Status and Management
  12. 7 Conclusion
  13. References
  14. APPENDIXES