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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
K. Samec
Nuclear Technology | Volume 162 | Number 3 | June 2008 | Pages 358-378
Technical Paper | Accelerators | doi.org/10.13182/NT08-A3962
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A significant milestone in the Megapie project, the world's first liquid-metal neutron spallation source, was reached when its containment structure was proof tested in a full-scale liquid-metal leak experiment. The experimental apparatus used in testing the effects of a liquid-metal leak of lead-bismuth eutectic on a heavy-water-cooled confinement at full scale is described. Measurements taken during the experiment validated the design chosen for the containment, a water-cooled aluminium double hull, and demonstrated that the experimental apparatus was capable of reproducing an accidental leak. The data acquired during this one-off experiment can be used in the future to assess liquid-metal leaks analytically.In the event of a catastrophic failure in the spallation source, the experiment proved that the products of the ensuing liquid-metal leak would be safely contained and cooled. Furthermore, analytical methods used in predicting the outcome of a leak were validated. Indeed, transient fluid-dynamics, thermal and thermostructural calculations performed ahead of the test to predict temperatures and stresses in the aluminum containment and temperatures of the cooling loop agreed well with measurements.