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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
J. C. Whipple, C. N. Spalaris
Nuclear Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | March 1976 | Pages 305-314
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A31513
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Three steam generation systems are employed in the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant to produce electrical power for delivery to the Tennessee Valley Authority grid. Each steam generator system contains two parallel operating evaporators and one superheater. These vertical shell and tube heat exchangers are arranged in a “hockey stick” configuration and are identical in design except for inlet water orifice inserts added to the evaporators to ensure flow stability. Alloy 2¼ Cr—1 Mo was selected as the material of construction for the sodium-water boundary on the basis of its excellent resistance to water side stress corrosion and fabricability. Development programs are underway to confirm the ability of the steam generators to operate with departure from nucleate boiling, obtain necessary mechanical and physical properties for design, confirm corrosion and decarburization design allowances, and develop reliable fabrication and inservice inspection techniques.