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3D-printed tool at SRS makes quicker work of tank waste sampling
A 3D-printed tool has been developed at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina that can eliminate months from the job of radioactive tank waste sampling.
G. Melese-d'Hospital
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 42 | Number 1 | October 1970 | Pages 64-68
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE70-A19328
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A unique geometry is found for a heat generating cylindrical rod cooled on both sides within a coolant channel, which leads to the same coolant temperature and the same surface temperature on both sides of the rod. The “optimum” rod i.d./o.d. is close to one-half and the corresponding overall void fraction close to 57% for cylindrical, hexagonal, or square channel configurations.
