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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.
Y. Iwai, T. Yamanishi, M. Nishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 1078-1082
Tritium | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963387
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A preliminary improved design study of the cryogenic distillation hydrogen isotope separation system (ISS) for the fuel cycle of the ITER-FEAT, a fusion experimental reactor, was carried out based on the substantial reduction of hydrogen flow to the ISS resulting from the scale reduction from the former design for the FDR-ITER. In this study, a four-column cascade was proposed considering the 450 seconds burn / 1350 seconds dwell operation scenario of ITER-FEAT instead of the present five-column cascade design of the FDR-ITER. This proposed cascade is found to be effective in all operation phases. The impact of the optional 3000 seconds burn / 9000 seconds dwell operation scenario on the present design is also discussed in this paper. Tritium concentration in the released hydrogen stream into environment must always be controlled to be lower than the regulation limit for stack release, and the two-column system for treatment of this flow is found to be effective for meeting this requirement.
