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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.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 58 | Number 4 | December 1975 | Pages 361-370
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A26792
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Absolute absorption cross sections of 232Th and 197Au for 252Cf spontaneous fission neutrons have been measured. Irradiations were performed in an exceptionally low mass source-foil arrangement, providing a “pure” spectrum with few corrections. Calibration of the activation detector was achieved by irradiating identical foils in the Standard Thermal Flux at the National Bureau of Standards. The results obtained were 79.9 ± 2.9 mb for 197Au and 87.8 ± 4.0 mb for 232Th. The corresponding values calculated from ENDF/B-III data are 84.3 and 99.3 mb, respectively. A simple ratio technique was also used to obtain an independent estimate of the relative 232Th to 197Au integral cross sections, yielding a value in good agreement with that above. This technique was extended to 181Ta, 98Mo, and 63Cu.
