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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.
Mark D. Hoover, Michael D. Allen, Arthur F. Eidson, Allen G. Harmsen
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1184-1188
Beryllium Technology | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39928
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Beryllium particles generated in several industrial and research activities were characterized. The purpose of this investigation was to select appropriate aerosols for experiments designed to study the potential health hazards from using beryllium in fusion reactor systems. Aerosols of beryllium metal and beryllium oxide were obtained from an industrial machining operation, from laboratory studies using an electron beam and a laser beam, and from a research fusion device. Samples of stock beryllium metal and beryllium oxide powders were also examined. Respirable size particles were found in all cases. Beryllium particles from powder metallurgy and particles generated from machining beryllium metal were irregular in shape, typical of comminution processes. Particles produced at subatmospheric pressures in the electron beam and fusion devices were also irregular in shape and may have resulted from sputtering of beryllium by the plasma or the electron beam. Particles formed by laser vaporization at atmospheric pressure were branched-chain aggregates with individual particles appearing crystalline in shape.
