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Estimates of thermal fatigue due to beam interruptions for an ALMR-type ATW

Description

Thermal fatigue due to beam interruptions has been investigated in a sodium cooled ATW using the Advanced Liquid Metal mod B design as a basis for the subcritical source driven reactor. A keff of 0.975 was used for the reactor. Temperature response in the primary coolant system was calculated, using the SASSYS- 1 code, for a drop in beam current from full power to zero in 1 microsecond.. Temperature differences were used to calculate thermal stresses. Fatigue curves from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code were used to determine the number of cycles various components should be designed for, based on these thermal stresses

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Available from INIS in electronic form; Also available from OSTI as DE00750592; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/750592-hFD0Em/webviewable/

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
11 p.
Report number
ANL/RE/CP--100489

Conference

Title
2. Workshop on Utilization and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators
Dates
22-24 Nov 1999
Place
Aix-en-Provence (France)

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
W-31109-ENG-38
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)