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The Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT)

Program Document ·
OSTI ID:2488370

TREAT operated from 1959-1994, later refurbished & resumed operation in 2017 to support fuel safety testing Zircaloy-clad graphite/fuel blocks comprise core Virtually any power history possible within ~2000 MJ core transient energy capacity From milliseconds to minutes: Pulses, Ramps, LOCA Fuel motion monitoring system “hodoscope” observes fast neutrons emitted from specimens to track fuel relocation in real time Reactor also can be a neutron source to adjacent radiography facility Experiment vehicle does everything else Safety containment, specimen environment, and instrumentation

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
58
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
2488370
Report Number(s):
INL/MIS-24-78436-Rev000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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