Ghanaian reactor converted to LEU fuel

摘要

On July 13, a team of experts from the National Nuclear Security Administration, the International Atomic Energy Agency, China, and Ghana completed the conversion of Ghana's GHARR-1 Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) from high-enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium. Designed and constructed by the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), the main research organization of China National Nuclear Corporation, MNSRs are low-power neutron source research reactors used primarily for neutron activation analysis, education, and training. (On August 11, the CIAE announced that GHARR-1 had achieved full power the previous day.)