Two Methods for Converting a Heavy-Water Research Reactor to Use Low-Enriched-Uranium Fuel to Improve Proliferation Resistance After Startup

This article demonstrates the feasibility of converting a heavy-water research reactor from natural to low-enriched uranium in order to slow the production of weapon-usable plutonium, even if the core cannot be physically reconfigured. The analysis was performed for Iran's IR-40 reactor at Arak...

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Main Author: Kemp, R. Scott (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor), Kemp, R Scott (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis, 2015-05-08T17:11:57Z.
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