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Reducing the use of highly enriched uranium in civilian research reactors /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : the National Academies Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Highly enriched uranium > Security measures > United States.
Nuclear reactors > Research > Security measures > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Background and study task
  • Research reactors currently using HEU fuel
  • Research reactors and their uses
  • Technical obstacles to conversion
  • Nontechnical obstacles to reactor conversion
  • Conversion program: status and management
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendix A: Statement of task
  • Appendix B: Biographical sketches of Committee members
  • Appendix C: Presentations and visits
  • Appendix D: Acronyms
  • Appendix E: Joint International Atomic Energy-Academies Meeting synopsis
  • Appendix F: HEU-fueled reactors outside the scope of the study
  • Appendix G: Glossary.