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Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL) Operations and Testing Report - FY2019

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1804742· OSTI ID:1804742
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
This report documents the operations and testing that was performed at the Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL) during FY2019. The METL facility had a very successful initial year of operations having logged over 365 days of operations with molten sodium either flowing or static. FY2019 saw the commissioning, insertion, and extraction of the first test assembly in METL. In addition, METL is being prepared to support a second experiment, a thermal hydraulic experiment, called Thermal Hydraulic Experimental Test Article (THETA).
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Office of Nuclear Reactor Technologies. Advanced Reactor Technologies (ART)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1804742
Report Number(s):
ANL-METL-21; ANL-ART-179; 157280
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English