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Purdue University HEU to LEU Conversion of PUR-1 Status Report

Purdue University HEU to LEU Conversion of PUR-1 Status Report. TRTR Annual Meeting Lincoln City, OR September 2007. PUR-1 Conversion. PUR-1 history Conversion Timeline Assembly Redesign Lessons Learned. PUR-1. MTR Pool type Lockheed Nuclear Products 10 kW design

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Purdue University HEU to LEU Conversion of PUR-1 Status Report

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  1. Purdue University HEU to LEU Conversion of PUR-1 Status Report TRTR Annual Meeting Lincoln City, OR September 2007

  2. PUR-1 Conversion • PUR-1 history • Conversion Timeline • Assembly Redesign • Lessons Learned TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  3. PUR-1 • MTR Pool type • Lockheed Nuclear Products • 10 kW design • Licensed at 1kW in 1962 • Plate type, U-Al alloy clad in 1100 Al TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  4. Pool Layout TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  5. Core Layout • 16 fuel elements • 13 standard • 3 control • Graphite reflector • Irradiation Facility TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  6. Conversion Timeline • August 2005 – Initial site visit to Purdue by NNSA/GTRI, INL and DOE-NE • October 2005 – Initial conversion analyses meeting with ANL • October 2005 – Conversion kickoff meeting with INL, Y-12 and SRS staff at Purdue • August 2006 – Conversion proposal submitted to USNRC TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  7. Timeline Continued • March 2007 – RAI received from USNRC • May 2007 – RAI answers back to USNRC • May 2007 – Request for Possession Limit Extension • July 2007 – Possession Limit Order • July 2007 – Fuel Shipped to Purdue • August 2007 – NRC issues order to convert TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  8. Timeline Continued • Late August – HEU core disassembly, HEU assemblies prepared for transport/final disposition • September 2007 – 23 day public comment period expires, start loading fuel on 8 September, 2 elements loaded. TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

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  11. Timeline continued • 18 Sep 2007 – 14 of 16 elements in core • Hope for criticality next week. • Sometime in the future – Spent HEU shipped • Physics measurements need to be completed, and NRC report submitted TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  12. Old HEU plate U-Al alloy 93% U-235 16.5 g U-235 per plate 1100 Al Clad 0.060 inches thick 124/148 Fueled Plates New HEU plate U3Si2-Al 19.75% U-235 12.5 g U-235 per plate 6061 Al Clad 0.050 inches thick 190/206 Fueled Plates Fuel Comparison TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  13. New Plates in Summer 2006 • 14 Plates, bolted at corners, 12.5 g U-235 per plate loading • 0.146 inch plate-to-plate spacing +/- 0.020 • 190 of 206 plates predicted for target core TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

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  18. New Standard Assembly • New plate-to plate spacing 0.144±0.015 inches (was 0.147 ±0.020) • New plate-to-wall spacing 0.127±0.008 inches (was 0.079 ±0.020) TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

  19. New Control Assembly • New plate-to plate spacing 0.181±0.015 inches (was 0.197 ±0.020) • New plate-to-wall spacing 0.127 ±0.008 inches (was 0.079 ±0.020) TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

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  25. Lessons Learned • Work expands to fill time allotted • Murphy’s Law • O’Toole’s Commentary TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

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  27. Special Thanks • Idaho National Laboratory • Argonne National Laboratory • TLI-STS • Jim Remlinger, Bill Vernetson TRTR Conference 2007 Lincoln City, OR

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