The way to conversion

The Technical University of Munich, as operator of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II), is actively involved in international fuel research with the aim of developing new nuclear fuels with higher uranium density to reduce enrichment in fuel elements of high-performance research reactors such as the FRM II.

Such a fuel is currently not available worldwide and, once developed, must be qualified for use at FRM II. In international cooperation, among others with France and the USA, a fifteen-member research group (since 2003, 3rd TG) is investigating possible fuels and application scenarios at FRM II.

Decision for fuel: Conversion of FRM II in Garching to monolithic uranium molybdenum