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TESTING OF GAS REACTOR MATERIALS AND FUEL IN THE ADVANCED TEST REACTOR

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Description

The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) has long been involved in testing gas reactor materials, and has developed facilities well suited for providing the right conditions and environment for gas reactor tests. This paper discusses the different types of irradiation hardware that have been utilized in past ATR irradiation tests of gas reactor materials. The new Gas Test Loop facility currently being developed for the ATR is discussed and the different approaches being considered in the design of the facility. The different options for an irradiation experiment such as active versus passive temperature control, neutron spectrum tailoring, and different types of lead experiment sweep gas monitors are also discussed. The paper is then concluded with examples of different past and present gas reactor material and fuel irradiations

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Available from INIS in electronic form; Also available from OSTI as DE00841400; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/841400-8fabNV/native/

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URL
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/841400-8fabNV/native/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
11 p.
Report number
INIS-US--0489

Conference

Title
Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium (ANES 2004)
Dates
3-6 Oct 2004
Place
Miami, FL (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
36087768
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DESIGN; IRRADIATION; MONITORS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; REACTOR MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEST REACTORS; TESTING
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; CONTROL; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEONS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; TEST FACILITIES

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Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)