Morning light cleanup and recovery operation: simulation studies of possible reactor fuels. [Cosmos 954 orbiting Russian reactor with U-10 wt% Mo fuel]

• Main Authors: Landingham, R. L., Casey, A. W.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 1978
• Subjects: 050700 > Nuclear Fuels > Fuels Production & Properties; Europe; Molybdenum Alloys; Alloys; Reentry; Fuels; Uranium Alloys; Energy Sources; Reactors Nesdps Office Of Nuclear Energy Space And Defense Power Systems 220300* > Nuclear Reactor Technology > Fuel Elements; Ussr; Simulation; 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials; Nuclear Fuels; Space Power Reactors; 22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors; Power Reactors; Reactor Materials; Satellites; Mobile Reactors; Nesdps Office Of Nuclear Energy Space And Defense Power Systems; Actinide Alloys; Great Slave Lake
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/6400707; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1210525/

The nuclear fuel for Cosmos 954, the orbiting Russian reactor that broke up on reentry during January of 1978, has been identified as a U--Mo alloy containing about 10 wt% molybdenum. Identification was based on a combination of simulation studies at LLL, examination of fuel debris at Whiteshell Nuc...