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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.
H. Bjerrum Møller, F. J. Shore, V. L. Sailor
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 8 | Number 3 | September 1960 | Pages 183-192
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-1
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The two neutron resonances in Er at 0.46 and 0.58 ev have been measured using samples enriched in Er166, Er167, and Er168. It was found that both resonances occur in the target nucleus Er167. The isotopic cross sections of Gd155 and Gd157 were measured from 0.02 to 0.30 ev and resonances were found in Gd155 at 0.0268 and in Gd147 at 0.0314 ev. Parameters for these resonances were derived by fitting the data to single-level Breit-Wigner formulae. Isotopic assignments were made for fifteen Gd resonances between 1 and 25 ev from previously unpublished data using samples enriched in 155, 156, 157, and 158. The Breit-Wigner parameters for three of these were obtained.