TY - BOOK
T1 - Reducing the use of highly enriched uranium in civilian research reactors
AU - Committee on the Current Status of and Progress Toward Eliminating Highly Enriched Uranium Use in Fuel for Civilian Research and Test Reactors
AU - Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
AU - Division on Earth and Life Studies
AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
AU - Phillips, Julia M.
AU - Adelfang, Pablo
AU - Gabrielse, Gerald
AU - Glaser, Alexander
AU - Johnson, David W.
AU - Lemoine, Patrick
AU - Martin, William R.
AU - Pynn, Roger
AU - Tobey, William H.
AU - Wilson, Paul P.H.
AU - Podvig, Pavel
AU - Heimberg, Jennifer
AU - Gros, Darlene
AU - Michael, Michael L.
AU - Greenleaf, Toni
AU - Dynes, Robert C.
AU - McNeil,, Barbara J.
AU - Brenner, David J.
AU - Chu, Margaret S.Y.
AU - Jantzen, Carol M.
AU - Illangasekare, Tissa H.
AU - Linet, Martha S.
AU - Mettler, Fred A.
AU - Nicholas, Nancy Jo
AU - Stram, Daniel O.
AU - Yudintsev, Sergey Vladimirovich
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/3/12
Y1 - 2016/3/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.17226/21818
DO - 10.17226/21818
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85024107856
SN - 0309379180
SN - 9780309379182
BT - Reducing the use of highly enriched uranium in civilian research reactors
PB - National Academies Press
ER -