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Texas A&M welcomes uranium conversion research
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) has signed a research agreement with Quantum Leap Energy (QLE) “to advance and de-risk the commercial production of high-purity uranium hexafluoride (UF6).”
QLE is an Austin, Texas–based subsidiary of ASP Isotopes (ASPI), which is developing an isotope enrichment platform for applications in nuclear energy, nuclear medicine, and semiconductors. QLE specializes in the uranium conversion step of the nuclear fuel cycle—the conversion of yellowcake uranium concentrate (U3O8) into UF6 prior to enrichment.
Seiki Ohnishi, Fumiyoshi Nobuhara, Yoshihiro Hirao
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 198 | Number 2 | February 2024 | Pages 517-526
Note | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2172309
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Photon deep penetration calculations were conducted to create a buildup factor database for a new point kernel code. The calculations included the effects of photonuclear reactions, which were not considered in previous buildup factor calculations, and the target energy was extended up to 30 MeV. For media with large photonuclear cross sections, the contribution of the neutron dose becomes significant. For example, in iron at 80 mean free paths, the total dose is 1024 times larger than when the photonuclear reactions are not considered. On the other hand, it was found that if photonuclear reactions are ignored, the calculation results are not necessarily conservative in media with a significant neutron shielding capacity, such as water.