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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.
Toshihisa Hatano, Kazuyoshi Sato, Masayuki Dairaku, Toshimasa Kuroda, Masanori Araki, Hideyuki Takatsu, Satoshi Sato, Kiyoshi Fukaya, Toshimasa Kurasawa, Ikuhide Tokami, Masato Akiba
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 752-756
Plasma-Facing Components: Analysis and Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963025
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A shielding blanket design in a fusion reactor such as ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) has been proposed to be a modular structure integrated with the first wall. In terms of the fabrication, HIP (Hot Isostatic Pressing) method has been proposed for the joining of dispersion strengthened copper (DS-Cu) and type 316L stainless steel (SS316L) at FW. High heat flux tests of HIP bonded DS-Cu/SS316L first wall panel were performed at Particle Beam Engineering Facility in JAERI to investigate its thermo-mechanical performance. They consisted of four test campaigns. The former two campaigns simulated ITER normal operation conditions in terms of the temperature and strain at the HIP bonded interfaces between DS-Cu and SS316L, respectively. The latter two simulated disruption conditions. Under normal heat flux conditions, temperature responses of the first wall panel measured by the thermocouples agreed very well with those predicted by FEM analyses. On the other hand, ejection of a number of small particles from DS-Cu surface was observed during the last campaign with the high heat flux simulating disruptions.