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Appendix E: Joint International Atomic Energy-Academies Meeting Synopsis
Appendix E: Joint International Atomic Energy-Academies Meeting Synopsis
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fuel worldwide; one of the committee's tasks was to develop a list of civilian research reactors using HEU fuel. At the same time, the IAEA continued its efforts to gather information on the operational and fuel status of research reactors to better assist its member states.
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The decisions on criteria appearing below in Table E.1 are the final criteria agreed upon by the participants. The list has the following columns: "Country": the country in which the research reactor facil ity is operated "City": closest city to the facility operating the reactor 1 Experts from the countries with the largest number of research reactors currently using HEU fuel (France, Russia, and the United States)
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a Operational Currently operating reactors Decommissioning or decommissionedb status Reactors not currently operating Not currently operating with HEU but with HEU fuel on site that is fuel on site that no longer is licensed currently licensed a See "Discussions on Complicated Issues," below. b By definition of a decommissioning/decommissioned facility, all fuel has been removed from the site.
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. DISCUSSIONS ON COMPLICATED ISSUES The criteria and definitions determined above were applied to all of the research reactor facilities presented by the speakers as well as additional research reactor facilities identified by other meeting participants.
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For consistency and clarity, all of the summaries follow the same format and structure: an accounting of the number and type of reactors identified for each country or countries followed by an overview of the discussions on specific research reactors associated with specific countries. The topic of the first presentation, an overview of the content of the IAEA Research Reactor Database, did not lend itself to that format.
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United States Summary 8 (total) research reactor facilities currently using HEU fuel 6 high performance research reactors (HPRRs)
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research reactors currently using HEU fuel are the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT, Idaho National Laboratory) and General Electric Nuclear Test Reactor (GE-NTR, California)
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core of LEU fuel. Russia Summary 71 civilian research reactor facilities 43 HEU civilian research reactor facilities (currently using or previously used HEU fuel)
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Similarly, the license for Filin research reactor facility in Belarus would include its associated assemblies (Chaika, for example)
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in Grenoble that uses HEU fuel. In total, five civilian research reactor facilities are currently operating with HEU fuel in France.
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is that it is not a business venture but for the public good to be paid for by the government.7 United Kingdom Summary No operating civilian research reactors are currently using HEU fuel in the United Kingdom (U.K.)
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reactor at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) is a fast critical assembly.11 • Japan operates four research reactors using HEU fuel.12 Japan's Tokai plans to use an accelerator-driven source using LEU fuel to burn fuels with high-actinide content.
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Although it is known that this facility existed previ ously, it is also not clear whether it still exists. Highlights from further discussions on specific North American research reactors, excluding those in the United States, included the following: • In North America, two operating research reactors currently use HEU fuel in Canada.
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, a high per formance research reactor, is the other Belgium reactor currently using HEU fuel. • The researchers at the Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier Leibnitz-II (FRM-II)
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APPENDIX E 173 LIST OF CIVILIAN RESEARCH REACTORS CURRENTLY USING HEU FUEL Based on the criteria established by the meeting participants as noted above, a list of 72 civilian research reactor facilities currently operating with HEU fuel is provided in Table E.2.
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174 REDUCING THE USE OF HEU IN CIVILIAN RESEARCH REACTORS TABLE E.2 Civilian Reactor Facilities Operating on HEU Fuel, Alphabetical by Country Country City Site Reactor 1 Belarus Minsk Sosny Hyacinth/Giacint 2 Belarus Minsk Sosny Yalina B 3 Belgium Mol SCK·CEN BR2 4 Belgium Mol SCK·CEN VENUS 5 Canada Alberta University of Alberta SLOWPOKE AB 6 Canada Saskatoon Saskatchewan SLOWPOKE SK Research Council 7 China Beijing CIAE CEFR 8 China Beijing CIAE MNSR-IAE 9 China Shenzhen Shenzhen University MNSR-SZ 10 China Beijing CIAE Zero Power Fast 11 DPRK Yongbyon Nuclear Research IRT-DPRK Institute Yongbyon 12 DPRK Yongbyon Nuclear Research IRT-DPRK CA Institute Yongbyon 13 France Cadarache CEA Cadarache Masurca 14 France Cadarache CEA Cadarache Minerve 15 France Marcoule CEA Marcoule Neutronographie Phénix 16 France Saclay CEA Saclay Orphée 17 France Grenoble ILL RHF 18 Germany Garching TUM Garching FRM-II 19 Ghana Accra National Nuclear GHARR-1 (MNSR) Research Institute Accra 20 Iran Esfahan Esfahan Nuclear ENTC (MNSR)
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APPENDIX E 175 Nominal P, kW Reactor Type Notes IAEA # Critical Assembly BY-0009 Subcritical Assembly BY-0003 100,000 Steady State Typically operated at 50,000- BE-0002 70,000 kW Fast Critical Assembly Material on loan from Masurca BE-0006 20 Steady State Expected to shut down (applied CA-0011 for shutdown license) 20 Steady State CA-0012 65,000 Prototype Fast Power Reactor CN-0018 27 Steady State To be converted to LEU by end CN-0006 of 2015 27 Steady State CN-0013 Fast Critical Assembly CN-0003 8,000 Steady State KP-0001 Critical Assembly Status and fuel type unknown N/A Fast Critical Assembly FR-0016 Critical Assembly Expected to shut down in 2019 FR-0003 Critical Assembly Expected to shut down in 2015 N/A 14,000 Steady State Expected to shut down in 2019 FR-0022 58,000 Steady State FR-0017 20,000 Steady State DE-0051 27 Steady State Conversion to LEU expected in GH-0001 2016 27 Steady State IR-0005 5,000 Steady State IL-0001 5 Steady State IT-0008 Fast Critical Assembly JP-0014 continued
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26 Japan Osaka AERI Kinki University UTR Kinki 27 Kazakhstan Kurchatov City NNC-IAE IGR 28 Kazakhstan Kurchatov City NNC-IAE IVG-1M 29 Kazakhstan Almaty INP-Alatau WWR-K 30 Nigeria Zaria Ahmadu Bello NIRR-1 (MNSR) University (CERT)
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27 Steady State NG-0001 27 Steady State PK-0002 Critical Assembly RP-50 is part of AKSAMIT RU-0026 Critical Assembly RU-0073 Pulsed Reactor RU-0046 Pulsed Reactor OKUYAN is part of BARS-6 RU-0040 Fast Critical Assembly RU-0063 Fast Critical Assembly RU-0064 60,000 Fast Reactor Expected to shut down in 2020 RU-0027 Critical Assembly RU-0082 Critical Assembly RU-0079 Critical Assembly RU-0078 Critical Assembly RU-0025 Critical Assembly RU-0054 Pulsed reactor Sometimes listed as HYDRA RU-0017 8,000 Steady State RU-0004 2,500 Steady State RU-0005 6,000 Steady State RU-0014 15,000 Steady State RU-0010 Critical Assembly Being refurbished N/A Critical Assembly RU-0072 Critical Assembly Research on special reactors RU-0053 100,000 Steady State Typically operated at 30,000- RU-0013 60,000 kW continued
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LIST OF ACRONYMS FOR TABLE E.2 AERI Atomic Energy Research Institute CA Critical assembly CEA Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEFR China Experimental Fast Reactor CERT Centre for Energy Research and Training CIAE China Institute of Atomic Energy DPRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea ENEA Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development FCA Fast critical assembly
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INL Idaho National Laboratory INP Institute of Nuclear Physics IPPE Institute of Physics and Power Engineering IRM Institute of Reactor Materials IRT In-Reactor Thimble (Fast Test Reactor) ITEP Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics IVG.1M [name of a reactor]
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ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory PARR Pakistan Atomic Research Reactor PINSTECH Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology RHF Réacteur à Haut Flux (Grenoble) RIAR Research Institute of Atomic Reactors SCK·CEN Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie·Centre d'Etudes Nucléaire TPU Tomsk Polytechnic University TUM Technische Universität München UTR-KINKI Kinki University Reactor UWI University of West Indies WWR-K [name of a reactor]
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Information on HEU Research Reactors and Critical Facilities" (30 minutes + 5 minutes of discussion) United States "Status of U.S.
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15:45 – 16:00 Summary and Adjourn Tuesday, 28 July 09:00 – 12:00 General Discussion on Combining the Lists and Identifying Discrepancies (discussion guided by location) • North America • South America • Europe • Africa • Russia • Asia For each location, discussions will start with research reac tors and then move to additional civilian HEU facilities (critical assemblies, subcritical assemblies, etc.)
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APPENDIX E 183 PARTICIPANT LIST Last Name First Name Adelfang Pablo Arkhangelsky Nikolay Chamberlin Jeffrey Dix Joan Glaser Alexander Hardiman Richard Heimberg Jennifer Izhutov Alexey Lemoine Patrick Marshall Frances Matos Jim Phillips Julia Podvig Pavel Ridikas Danas Roglans Jordi Thro Pierre-Yves Voronov M Waud Brian
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