HIGH PRESSURE WATER LOOP EXPERIMENTS IN THE MTR

Technical Report · Thu Nov 14 04:00:00 EST 1957

OSTI ID:4347169

King, D C

A high pressure, high temperature water loop in the MTR is designed to simulate operating conditions of proposed reactors for the purpose of studying the stability of prototype fuel elements. There are presently flve operating loops in the MTR with one being constructed and a seventh now in the design stage. There are also six loops proposed for the ETR. The high gamma flux in the MTR and ETR makes the design of the in-pile tubes one of the more difficult problems. This is discussed as well as the problem of the radiation effect on in-pile tube structural materials. Brief mention is made of the complexity of loop controls and some fuel element tests. The deposition of corrosion products in a radiation field is a problem peculiar to in-pile loops. This phenomenon and the failure of the WAPD-30 in pile tube by corrosion of the 316-stainless steel tip are covered. (auth)

• Research Organization: Phillips Petroleum Co. Atomic Energy Div., Idaho Falls, Idaho
• DOE Contract Number: AT(10-1)-205
• NSA Number: NSA-12-003229
• OSTI ID: 4347169
• Report Number(s): IDO-16426
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CONTROL
CORROSION
ETR
FUEL ELEMENTS
GAMMA RADIATION
HIGH TEMPERATURE
IN PILE LOOPS
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
MTR
PHYSICS
PLANNING
PRESSURE
RADIATION EFFECTS
REACTORS
STABILITY
STAINLESS STEELS
WATER