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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.
J. Crobinson, N. J. Ackermann, Jr.
Nuclear Technology | Volume 13 | Number 3 | March 1972 | Pages 250-256
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31079
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A technique was developed for the inference of shutdown reactivity by using the experimental auto - or cross-power spectral density data normally obtained in neutron noise experiments at low and intermediate frequencies (Low-Intermediate Frequency Technique, LIFT). Reactivity determined by LIFT is dependent on the neutron detection efficiency, whereas reactivity determined by normal noise experiments is dependent on the neutron generation time. Furthermore, if a noise experiment is to be used for the inference of reactivity, very little additional experimental data are required for the application of LIFT. It is recommended that LIFT be applied as a complementary measurement to the normal noise measurement. Results determined by LIFT for the shutdown state for previously reported one- and two-detector noise experiments agree well with results determined by normal noise methods.