Published 2012
“…Insertion of the Fast Flux Trap
in the proposed low enriched uranium core operated at a 10 MW power level, can provide
a 252-271% higher fast neutron flux than the previously proposed designs with low
enriched fuel for the MIT research reactor and a 235%-253% higher fast neutron flux
than the existing highly enriched uranium
MITR-II core at 5 MW. This new core fast flux
capability is within a factor of 2 to 4 of the much larger national test reactors, the
Advanced Test Reactor and the High Flux Isotope Reactor, and hence can allow the MIT
research reactor to be more useful for fast irradiation.
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