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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.
F. Schubert, Udo Bruch, R. Cook, H. Diehl, Philip J. Ennis, W. Jakobeit, H. J. Penkalla, Eberhard te Heesen, G. Ullrich
Nuclear Technology | Volume 66 | Number 2 | August 1984 | Pages 227-240
C.2. Creep Property | Status of Metallic Materials Development for Application in Advanced High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor / Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33426
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Creep and stress rupture properties are determined for the candidate materials to be used in high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) components. The materials and test methods are briefly described based on experimental results of test durations of ∼20 000 h. The medium creep strengths of the alloys lnconel-617, Hastelloy-X, Nimonic-86, Hastelloy-S, Manaurite-36X, IN-519, and Incoloy-800H are compared showing that lnconel-617 has the best creep rupture properties in the temperature range above 800 °C. The rupture time of welded joints is in the lower range of the scatterband of the parent metal. The properties determined in different simulated HTGR atmospheres are within the scatterband of the properties obtained in air. Extrapolation methods are discussed and a modified minimum commitment method is favored.
