PUREX style jumper connector type III gasket test report

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10186069· OSTI ID:10186069

Wagner, R N ^[1]; Austin, D A

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This report summarizes data obtained from testing of type III Teflon gaskets used on PUREX-type process jumper connectors. The purpose of these tests was to asses the performance characteristics of the type III gaskets, currently planned to be used in the Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant (HWVP). Results indicate that the Teflon gaskets deform severally under heat and applied moment loads. The gaskets also lose their ability to hold pressure when thermally cycled, and cannot hold elevated pressures unless they are retorqued between cycles. Gasket failure ultimately occurs after one or more cycles.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 10186069
• Report Number(s): WHC-SD-HWV-TRP--006; ON: DE93041341
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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