The Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) is being considered as a candidate for the next generation of nuclear reactors. There are several areas that require further study in VHTR reactor designs. One such area is the adsorption of fission products...

. In an attempt to address the growing demand, as well as to motivate the current reactors to stop using high-enriched uranium, the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) has begun to produce molybdenum-99 using low-enriched uranium. The fission of uranium...

University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) is the highest power university research reactor in America. It has been supplying various radioisotopes for more than 20 years. The flux trap, locating in the center island tube, has the highest flux...

Licensing requirements for power as well as non-power reactors must address environmental concerns related to radioactive emissions. The purpose and need for the renewal of the operating license for the Missouri University Research Reactor (MURR...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The focus of this study is on gasification of a biomass in supercritical water. Vapor mass yield in a batch reactor after 20 minutes in a 700°C furnace in air and supercritical...

An experimental system was constructed in accordance with the standard ASTM C835-06 to measure the total hemispherical emissivity of structural materials of interest in Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) systems. The system was tested with 304...

water quality. The main objective of this research is to investigate cost-effective and efficient environmental technologies such as membrane bioreactors (MBR) and membrane aerated biofilm reactors (MABR) for improved nitrogen removal and recalcitrant...

MU offers unmatched opportunities for collaboration in animal and human health. It is Missouri's major public research university with the state's only College of Veterinary Medicine; Colleges of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Engineering...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Measuring and quantifying the transport of helium and fission products in reactor materials is a critical element in the future success of Very High Temperature Reactors (VHTR...

Graphite particle generation by inter-pebble abrasion and by abrasion of pebbles with the containment vessel during operation of a Pebble Bed Reactor (PBR) is an issue of interest in the safety analysis of this class of Very High Temperature Reactor...

Sustainable Energy addresses energy issues broadly, building on the work at MU's Research Reactor; MU's biomass power plant; research in biofuels, biomass and energy efficiency; the College of Engineering; and education programs in nuclear and other...

process variables such as cell concentration, light intensity, and reactor design and b) immobilizing the algal cells to increase photosynthetic efficiency and address production limitations. The second method of hydrogen production explored...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A batch reactor was built in the University of Missouri Carbon Recycling Center to explore the thermo-chemical conversion of motor oil as a model compound, in supercritical water...

The adsorption of a single molecule of ethane, propane, and butane on a basal-plane surface of graphite is investigated using empirically derived carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon potentials. The principal motivation for ...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In developing, assembling and updating safety analysis cases for nuclear power and research reactors, fuel depletion plays a major role and ultimately leads to the calculation...

Neutron diffraction patterns of dotriacontane ( n-C32D66) monolayers adsorbed on an exfoliated graphite substrate from a heptane ( n-C7D16) solution reveal striking differences in the molecular orientation, lattice constant, ...

The interaction of fast neutrons with nuclear materials is a topic of fundamental interest in nuclear engineering. Fast neutrons possess the ability to degrade, and in some cases destroy, materials used in nuclear reactor ...