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UM conducts molten salt experiment
For 2,300 hours, the molten salt pump Shaft Seal Test Facility (SSTF) operated at the University of Michigan’s Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory, according to an article from UM. The large-scale experiment was designed to evaluate shaft seal performance in high-temperature pump systems. Fewer than 10 facilities worldwide have successfully operated fluoride or chloride salts for more than 100 hours using over 10 kilograms of material.
Wolfgang Rothenstein
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 8 | Number 2 | August 1960 | Pages 122-127
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-A25787
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Detailed Monte Carlo studies of the resonance capture in the lowest U238 resonances have been made for uranium-water lattices and a uranium-graphite lattice. Direct comparison with calculated values is a good test of the validity of the assumptions made in obtaining the theoretical estimates. Good agreement is obtained for the over-all capture in a single resonance and for the energy distribution of absorptions. Monte Carlo tests have also shown that the asymptotic flux is fairly well re-established between the two strongest U238 resonances, and that the number of neutrons captured in this energy region is only slightly affected by Doppler broadening and interference between resonance and potential scattering. Finally the calculated resonance escape probability in a uranium-water lattice for 26 resolved resonances is compared with the Monte Carlo value. There is quite close agreement.