Metal Fuel Qualification: Fuel Assessment Using NRC NUREG-2246, "Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors" (NUREG/CR-7305)

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Manuscript Completed: April 2023
Date Published: August 2023

Prepared by:
W. Williams¹, C. Matthews², Y. Miao³,
F. Di Lemma¹, L. Capriotti¹, Y. Wang¹,
C. Jensen¹ D. Keiser¹, C. Adkins¹,
D. Crawford¹, S. Novascone¹, D. Wachs¹

¹Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID 83415

²Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545

³Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL 60439

James Corson, NRC Project Manager

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington DC 20555-0001

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Abstract

Companies looking to license reactors with different materials than the current U.S. fleet of lightwater zirconium-clad ceramic fuel are emerging as part of the push toward a more responsible energy economy. As such, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is tasked with evaluating these new license applications. This report documents the current state of available experiment measurements, simulation capability, and historic knowledge and lessons learned required for evaluating sodium-cooled fast-spectrum metallic fuel, specifically U-10wt%Zr, up to 10at%burnup.