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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.
G. R. Walton, J. C. Commander
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 2062-2066
Safety, Recycling, and Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30025
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The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) Preliminary Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Plan1 was developed to provide a framework for estimating the costs and schedule for implementing a final D&D Plan. This work will be used in evaluating the future use of the TFTR Test Cell. D&D planning and estimates were generated for two cases of plasma operations for TFTR. The first scenario is for continued operation in deuterium-deuterium (D-D) plasmas and subsequent decommissioning. This scenario would require D&D to a TFTR which is slightly activated and contaminated but still with a capability for “hands-on” D&D work. The second scenario calls for deuterium-tritium (D-T) plasma operations. In this scenario TFTR becomes highly activated and contaminated with tritium. This operational scenario will result in a TFTR which will require D&D involving remote handling. The end result in either scenario would provide a Test Cell which is available for future use. This paper will discuss the D&D objectives, management, safety and technical plans, and critical assumptions made in order to develop cost and schedule estimates.