Overview of the Water-Based RIA Testing in TREAT

Conference · Sun Oct 24 04:00:00 EDT 2021

OSTI ID:1969090

Folsom, C.P. ^[1]; Schulthess, J.L. ^[1]; Kamerman, D.W. ^[1]; Woolstenhulme, N.E. ^[1]; Jensen, C.B. ^[1]; Wachs, D.M. ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory

We have completed a series of reactivity-initiated accident commissioning tests with the static water capsule in the Transient Reactor Test Facility. The test campaign included a calibration test followed by five tests in the Static Environment Rodlet Transient Test Apparatus capsule. The conditions varied from room temperature and pressure up to 200°C and 2.5 MPa, with energy depositions varying between ~500–1100 J/gUO2. The series of tests allowed for a number of instrumentation qualifications and demonstrations, including cladding thermometry, rodlet plenum pressure, cladding elongation, and an electro-impedance boiling detector. This paper documents the design of the capsule and highlights the results from the commissioning tests.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1969090
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-21-62748-Rev000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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