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 Power Transmission, Distribution And Plants
 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors
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THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF A FAST NEUTRON TEST CONCEPT FOR THE ADVANCED TEST REACTOR
Authors:
Donna Post Guillen
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| Abstract: Since 1967, the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) located at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has provided state-of-the-art experimental irradiation testing capability. A unique design is investigated herein for the purpose of providing a fast neutron flux test capability in the ATR. This new test capability could be brought on line in approximately 5 or 6 years, much sooner than a new test reactor could be built, to provide an interim fast-flux test capability in the timeframe before a fast-flux research reactor could be built. The proposed cost for this system is approximately $63M, much less than the cost of a new fast-flux test reactor. A concept has been developed to filter out a large portion of the thermal flux component by using a thermally conductive neutron absorber block. The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of this experiment cooling concept. |
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| Publication Date: |
01 Jun 2008
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| Report numbers: |
INL/CON-08-13685
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| DOE Contract number: |
DE-AC07-99ID-13727
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Conference
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Conference: 2008 ANS Annual Meeting,Anaheim, CA,06/08/2008,06/12/2008
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| Research Organizations: |
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
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| Sponsoring Organizations: |
DOE - NE
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| Country of Publication: |
United States
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| Language: |
English
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