Data from thermal-hydraulic experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Thermal-hydraulic separate effects experimentation in support of nuclear reactor licensing was initiated in the mid-1970s at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and ended in the mid-1980s. A variety of facilities were designed, built, and operated in support of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). These facilities were used to examine a wide variety of thermal-hydraulic phenomena applicable to commercial power reactors. More recently, in the early 1990s, experiments supporting research reactor design were also performed. A summary of the major nuclear reactor experimental efforts is shown in Table I. Each of these experiments generated a significant amount of raw data and also a significant amount of reduced data that have been stored in a variety of ways which are discussed here. Technology has quickly overtaken database archival methods of the past and offers a significant opportunity to improve both the quantity and quality of the thermal-hydraulic information available, while allowing access to a much broader community. Incorporation of future and existing data in a uniform database would greatly benefit principal investigators who access this information.
- OSTI ID:
- 298346
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-981106-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 99:001977
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 79; Conference: American Nuclear Society winter meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 15-19 Nov 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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