Reactor cover gas monitoring at the Fast Flux Test Facility

Conference · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6952349

Bechtold, R A; Holt, F E; Meadows, G E; Schenter, R E

The Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) is a 400-megawatt (thermal) sodium-cooled reactor designed for irradiation testing of fuels, materials and components for LMRs. It is operated by the Westinghouse Hanford Company for the US Department of Energy on the government-owned Hanford reservation near Richland, Washington. The first 100-day operating cycle began in April 1982 and the eighth operating cycle was completed in July 1986. Argon is used as the cover gas for all sodium systems at the plant. A program for cover gas monitoring has been in effect since the start of sodium fill in 1978. The argon is supplied to the FFTF by a liquid argon Dewar System and used without further purification.

• Research Organization: Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76FF02170
• OSTI ID: 6952349
• Report Number(s): HEDL-SA-3589-FP; CONF-8609227-2; ON: DE87004432
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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