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Experiment operations plan for the MT-4 experiment in the NRU reactor. [PWR]

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6099019· OSTI ID:6099019
A series of thermal-hydraulic and cladding materials deformation experiments were conducted using light-water reactor fuel bundles as part of the Pacific Northwest Laboratory Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA) Simulation Program. This report is the formal operations plan for MT-4 - the fourth materials deformation experiment conducted in the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. A major objective of MT-4 was to simulate a pressurized water reactor LOCA that could induce fuel rod cladding deformation and rupture due to a short-term adiabatic transient and a peak fuel cladding temperature of 1200K (1700/sup 0/F).
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
6099019
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-2881; PNL-4293; ON: DE83014371
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English