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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.
J. H. Choi, B. C. Kim, J. G. Yang, J. W. Choi, J. Hong, M. C. Kyeum, J. K. Jin, H. B. Pyun, K. H. Jo, J. I. Chung, C. J. Doh, M. Kwon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 221-224
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963446
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
To complete basic configuration for the RF heating scenario in Central Cell of the Hanbit mirror device, a RF amplifier system with a power of 100 kW and frequency range of 1.4 – 4.0 MHz, and a high power RF matching network have been developed in KBSI. The output pulse width of the amplifier ranges from 10 msec to 100 msec and the duty cycle is 100 msec/300 sec. The developed amplifier will be used for plasma production and heating by utilizing the slot antenna and the double-half-turn antenna, respectively.
In this paper, we present the engineering design of the amplifier system and matching network, and experimental results such as power test of amplifier on dummy load, impedance matching test on the double-half-turn antenna in vacuum condition. Also, the first RF launching experiment result with the double-half-turn antenna on the target plasma which is produced by the slot antenna is presented.
