Sentences with phrase «leu fuel»
LEU fuel is more compact than natural uranium fuel and would thus take up less space in the core.
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Some nonproliferation experts argue that move would perpetuate commerce in HEU and torpedo the development the LEU fuel.
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But 74 of them still rely on HEU, and developing an LEU replacement fuel for them will take another 12 to 17 years, the report says.
The most logical solution, experts say, would be to send the 9700 kilograms of LEU to Russia for conversion into fuel rods for Iran's Russian - built Bushehr nuclear reactor, in operation since 2011.
After conversion of the university reactor at Texas A&M to Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) fuel, NAC provided one NAC - LWT cask for the transport of 84 irradiated High Enriched Uranium (HEU) TRIGA type fuel assemblies to the DOE site of Idaho National Laboratory (INL).