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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
Esteban Chávez, Leandro Meléndez, Samuel R. Barocio, Angel Flores, Guillermo J. Cruz, Régulo López, Maria Guadalupe Olayo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 74-83
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A153
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The numerical study of the divers magnetic field configurations in the Novillo Tokamak developed by means of the CAMTOK code is presented to illustrate not only the application of classical analysis to a specific case but also a straightforward technique to develop magnetic design codes. Algorithms and results in the case of the ohmic heating transformer, toroidal, and equilibrium systems are presented. On the basis of CAMTOK simulations and measured values, stray components of the fields are identified and suppressed, leading to the redesign of the original concept of the Novillo tokamak into its current operating configuration.