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| issue date = 05/25/2021 | | issue date = 05/25/2021 | ||
| title = Advanced Reactors GEIS Docs - | | title = Advanced Reactors GEIS Docs - INL - INL HALEU Capabilities | ||
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{{#Wiki_filter:}} | {{#Wiki_filter:From: Giacinto, Joseph Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 2:05 PM To: AdvancedReactors-GEISDocsPEm Resource | ||
==Subject:== | |||
INL - INL HALEU Capabilities Attachments: Todd 2020 INL_Capabilities.pdf | |||
INL HALEU Capabilities Terry Todd, Laboratory Fellow NEI/GAIN/EPRI HALEU Video Workshop April 28, 2020 | |||
Outline | |||
* EBR-II metal uranium product | |||
- Recast- metal product | |||
- Small-scale polishing- oxide product | |||
* Aluminum or Zirconium clad HEU fuels | |||
- Headend treatment (ZIRCEX) | |||
- Processing (pilot-scale and engineering-scale) 2 | |||
EBR-II Driver fuel processing Electrorefined uranium dendrite product Cast uranium product 3 ingot 3 | |||
Pyroprocessing - EBR II Driver Fuel Spent Driver Electrorefined Uranium Ingot | |||
HALEU EBR-II Metal Feedstock Progress | |||
* HALEU as metal from EBR-II is the nearest term feedstock available to support fast-spectrum advanced reactor concepts | |||
* Processing of EBR-II driver fuel will continue until all driver fuel is processed | |||
* Production of EBR-II HALEU reguli will continue until all EBR-II driver fuel has been treated | |||
- Operations ramp up to 7 day/wk, 12 hr/day | |||
- 0.365 MT produced in 2019 | |||
- 2nd furnace available 2020 - 1 MT/year | |||
- 5 MT forecast to be available by 2024 Recovered U metal Large metallic ingot New graphite crucible Low dose rate, small size Novel Multi-function furnace HALEU metal regulus 5 | |||
HALEU EBR-II Oxide Feedstock Demonstration | |||
* Polished EBR-II uranium product suitable for thermal spectrum reactors | |||
* Demonstrated U Polishing in small-scale equipment (using equipment on-hand) | |||
- Dissolution of EBR II uranium metal regulus | |||
- Uranium purification from residual fission products by solvent extraction | |||
- Precipitation of uranium using peroxide process | |||
- Uranium oxide produced by calcination Uranyl Peroxide Uranium Oxide Low dose rate, small size Uranium Trioxide HALEU metal regulus U metal dissolution U purification 6 | |||
U metal regulus Uranyl Peroxide - UO2(O2).4H2O UO2 pellets EBR-II oxide product characteristics | |||
* All metal species except uranium were below analytical detection limits | |||
* Uranium isotopic analysis (same as metal) | |||
- U-235: 19.77% | |||
- U-238: 79.5 % | |||
- U-234: 0.18% | |||
- U-236: 0.55 % | |||
* Dose rates (theoretical dose for unirradiated 20% U-235 HALEU) 8 | |||
Dry headend for zirconium or aluminum clad fuels 9 | |||
ZIRCEX Headend Progress | |||
* Pilot plant operational on October 3, 2019 | |||
* Zirconium decladding testing initiated (10 completed runs to date) | |||
* 2020 test schedule to include Zr and Al | |||
* Receipt of unirradiated HEU fuel elements was completed in November 2019 Instantaneous and overall reaction rate with HCl gas and zirconium Zirconium sample after dry ZIRCEX decladding process Simulated Zircaloy-2 clad fuel | |||
Process scale-up | |||
* Design of pilot-scale processing glove box line for clean or lightly irradiated materials - in progress | |||
- Dissolution/solvent extraction/ | |||
conversion/waste vitrification | |||
* EBR-II product (19.7% HALEU) | |||
* ZIRCEX pilot plant product (unirradiated HEU) | |||
* Other fuel/orphan materials | |||
* Engineering-scale demonstration conceptual design in progress | |||
* Projected 1-2 MT/yr of HALEU based on EBR-II and ATR recycled fuels 11 | |||
Projected INL HALEU Production Rates HALEU Production 2 | |||
1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 HALEU (MT) 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 | |||
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 Year EBR II Production HZD Production 12 | |||
2021 - Planned Activities | |||
* EBR-II | |||
- Continue processing EBR-II driver fuel | |||
- Continue to recast previously processed EBR-II uranium product into reguli | |||
- A total of 1 MT of HALEU reguli will be produced per year | |||
* ZIRCEX | |||
- Complete testing of Zr and Al simulated fuels | |||
- Initiate testing of unirradiated HEU fuel | |||
- Complete design of pilot-scale glovebox line for polishing EBR-II product and ZIRCEX HEU product | |||
- Complete conceptual design of Hybrid-ZIRCEX Engineering-Scale Demonstration | |||
- Initiate NEPA (Environmental Assessment) for Hybrid-ZIRCEX Engineering-Scale Demonstration | |||
- Complete construction of in-can vitrification pilot plant 13}} | |||
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Text
From: Giacinto, Joseph Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 2:05 PM To: AdvancedReactors-GEISDocsPEm Resource
Subject:
INL - INL HALEU Capabilities Attachments: Todd 2020 INL_Capabilities.pdf
INL HALEU Capabilities Terry Todd, Laboratory Fellow NEI/GAIN/EPRI HALEU Video Workshop April 28, 2020
Outline
- EBR-II metal uranium product
- Recast- metal product
- Small-scale polishing- oxide product
- Headend treatment (ZIRCEX)
- Processing (pilot-scale and engineering-scale) 2
EBR-II Driver fuel processing Electrorefined uranium dendrite product Cast uranium product 3 ingot 3
Pyroprocessing - EBR II Driver Fuel Spent Driver Electrorefined Uranium Ingot
HALEU EBR-II Metal Feedstock Progress
- HALEU as metal from EBR-II is the nearest term feedstock available to support fast-spectrum advanced reactor concepts
- Processing of EBR-II driver fuel will continue until all driver fuel is processed
- Production of EBR-II HALEU reguli will continue until all EBR-II driver fuel has been treated
- Operations ramp up to 7 day/wk, 12 hr/day
- 0.365 MT produced in 2019
- 2nd furnace available 2020 - 1 MT/year
- 5 MT forecast to be available by 2024 Recovered U metal Large metallic ingot New graphite crucible Low dose rate, small size Novel Multi-function furnace HALEU metal regulus 5
HALEU EBR-II Oxide Feedstock Demonstration
- Polished EBR-II uranium product suitable for thermal spectrum reactors
- Demonstrated U Polishing in small-scale equipment (using equipment on-hand)
- Dissolution of EBR II uranium metal regulus
- Uranium purification from residual fission products by solvent extraction
- Precipitation of uranium using peroxide process
- Uranium oxide produced by calcination Uranyl Peroxide Uranium Oxide Low dose rate, small size Uranium Trioxide HALEU metal regulus U metal dissolution U purification 6
U metal regulus Uranyl Peroxide - UO2(O2).4H2O UO2 pellets EBR-II oxide product characteristics
- All metal species except uranium were below analytical detection limits
- Uranium isotopic analysis (same as metal)
- U-235: 19.77%
- U-238: 79.5 %
- U-234: 0.18%
- U-236: 0.55 %
Dry headend for zirconium or aluminum clad fuels 9
ZIRCEX Headend Progress
- Pilot plant operational on October 3, 2019
- Zirconium decladding testing initiated (10 completed runs to date)
- 2020 test schedule to include Zr and Al
- Receipt of unirradiated HEU fuel elements was completed in November 2019 Instantaneous and overall reaction rate with HCl gas and zirconium Zirconium sample after dry ZIRCEX decladding process Simulated Zircaloy-2 clad fuel
Process scale-up
- Design of pilot-scale processing glove box line for clean or lightly irradiated materials - in progress
- Dissolution/solvent extraction/
conversion/waste vitrification
- EBR-II product (19.7% HALEU)
- ZIRCEX pilot plant product (unirradiated HEU)
- Other fuel/orphan materials
- Engineering-scale demonstration conceptual design in progress
Projected INL HALEU Production Rates HALEU Production 2
1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 HALEU (MT) 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 Year EBR II Production HZD Production 12
2021 - Planned Activities
- EBR-II
- Continue processing EBR-II driver fuel
- Continue to recast previously processed EBR-II uranium product into reguli
- A total of 1 MT of HALEU reguli will be produced per year
- ZIRCEX
- Complete testing of Zr and Al simulated fuels
- Initiate testing of unirradiated HEU fuel
- Complete design of pilot-scale glovebox line for polishing EBR-II product and ZIRCEX HEU product
- Complete conceptual design of Hybrid-ZIRCEX Engineering-Scale Demonstration
- Initiate NEPA (Environmental Assessment) for Hybrid-ZIRCEX Engineering-Scale Demonstration
- Complete construction of in-can vitrification pilot plant 13