Experimental capabilities of the TREAT facility
Journal Article
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:298294
- Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
The Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) facility was designed and built in the 1950s to provide a transient reactor for conducting safety experiments on reactor fuels. Throughout its almost 40-yr history, it has proven to be a safe, reliable, and versatile facility, compiling a distinguished record of successful experiments. Several major improvements to the facility have been made, including an expansion of the building and of equipment-handling capability, an enlargement of the access hole above the core, rearrangement of the reactor`s control rods to provide more uniform flux profiles, installation of improved reactor computer control systems, a feedback system that safely allows real-time changes in power transients depending on events occurring in the experiment, and several upgrades in the fast neutron holoscope for improved experiment-fuel-motion diagnostics. However, the original TREAT fuel is still in use because it appears to have no degradation from its many years of service. TREAT has not only a distinguished history of producing significant safety experiment results but also a future expected to last well into the 21st century. It provides a safe, reliable, versatile, and economical facility for testing of high-burnup LWR elements, CANDU reactor elements, and innovative fuel element designs for reactors of the future. It is anticipated that the utilization of TREAT will continue to provide significant data supporting safe nuclear power generation to meet the world`s growing need for clean production of electricity.
- OSTI ID:
- 298294
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-981106--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 79; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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