Research Reactor Section
Mission Statement:
- To support and promote safe and reliable research reactor operation, optimal utilization, and efficient refurbishment as necessary; while employing adequate, non-proliferating fuel cycle services until safely decommissioned at the end of life.
- To provide direct technical and project support to research reactor:
- High Enriched Uranium fuel to Low Enriched Uranium fuel core conversions
- Spent fuel return programmes and projects
- Fresh High Enriched Uranium fuel return programmes
- Spent fuel storage and transport projects
- To promote information exchange and continuing research on research reactor:
- Use of Low Enriched Uranium for production of radiopharmaceuticals
- Modernization and refurbishment
- Support if advanced nuclear technology development
- Operation and maintenance
- Effective utilization
- Ageing management
- Spent fuel management
- Decommissioning planning and management
Through:
- Technical cooperation
- Organizing technical meetings
- Coordination of Agency wide research reactor cross-cutting issues and thematic planning
- Maintaining databases on research reactor fuels and fuel cycle issues
- Preparation of state-of-the art technical documents