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Remembering Joseph M. Hendrie
Joseph M. Hendrie
To those of us who knew Joe, even prior to his appointment as chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it is an understatement to say that he was a larger-than-life member of the nuclear science and technology enterprise. He was best known to the broader community for two major accomplishments: the design and construction of the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the creation of the standard review plan (SRP) for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
In addition to the products of these endeavors becoming major fundaments to their respective communities, they were uniquely Joe. The safety analysis report for the HFBR was written essentially single-handedly by him. This was true of the SRP as well, which became the key safety review document for the NRC as it performed safety reviews for the growing number of power reactor applications in the United States. His deep technical knowledge of nuclear engineering and his extraordinary management skills made this possible.
Bong Goo Kim, Kee-Nam Choo, Jae Min Sohn, Sung Jae Park, Young Ki Kim, Young Jin Kim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 173 | Number 1 | January 2011 | Pages 56-65
Technical Paper | NPIC&HMIT Special / Materials for Nuclear Systems | doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A11484
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HANARO (High flux Advanced Neutron Application ReactOr) is an open-tank-in-pool-type, multipurpose research reactor. Since the commencement of HANARO operations in 1995, a significant number of experimental facilities have been developed and installed, and continued efforts to develop more facilities are in progress. Owing to a stable operation of the reactor and its rapid utilization, more experimental facilities are being continuously added to satisfy various fields of study and diverse applications. The equipment is classified into a capsule and a fuel test loop (FTL) for the irradiation tests of the nuclear fuels and materials in HANARO. Capsules for the irradiation tests of nuclear fuels in HANARO, under the conditions of its coolant and materials in dry conditions, have been developed. The FTL can conduct an irradiation test of a nuclear fuel under the operating conditions of commercial nuclear power plants. Three test fuel rods can be irradiated in HANARO by using the FTL. Some instrumentation such as thermocouples, linear variable differential transformers, small heaters, fluence monitors, and self-powered neutron detectors are used to perform the irradiation tests by using these irradiation devices. In this paper, the status of HANARO and its irradiation devices including the instrumentations and some results from these instrumentations during irradiation tests are described.