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BWXT’s Centrifuge Manufacturing Development Facility opens in Oak Ridge
BWX Technologies announced on January 26 that it has begun operating its Centrifuge Manufacturing Development Facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., with the purpose of reestablishing a domestic uranium enrichment capability to meet U.S. national security needs. The facility is part of a program funded by the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration to supply enriched uranium for defense needs.
Grant R. Garrett, Brian R. Lowery, Molly K. Hanson, Douglas J. Miller, Turki Almudhhi, Fan-Bill Cheung, Stephen M. Bajorek, Kirk Tien, Chris L. Hoxie
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 10 | October 2023 | Pages 2686-2710
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2157189
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As part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency Rod Bundle Heat Transfer (RBHT) project, an experimental study was performed to investigate the entrained droplet sizes and velocities in a rod bundle under reflood conditions. Experimental results were obtained from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission/The Pennsylvania State University RBHT test facility using advanced dual laser measurement systems that allow for the simultaneous measurement of droplet behaviors at two axial locations during reflood transients. The RBHT facility is highly instrumented and contains a 7×7 electrically heated bundle with dimensions matching those in commercial pressurized water reactors. The combination of the measurement capabilities of the RBHT facility and the choice of appropriate experimental conditions allows for the measurement of unique droplet size and velocity distributions under different transient reflood conditions.