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Title: Electric Fuel Rod Simulator Fabrication at ORNL

Abstract

Commercial vendors could not supply the high-quality, highly instrumented electric fuel rod simulators (FRS) required for large thermal-hydraulic safety-oriented experiments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Staff at ORNL designed, developed, and manufactured the simulators utilized in these safety experiments. Important FRS design requirements include (1) materials of construction, (2) test power requirements and availability, (3) experimental test objectives, (4) supporting thermal analyses, and (5) extensive quality control throughout all phases of FRS fabrication. This paper will present an overview of these requirements (design, analytics, and quality control) as practiced at ORNL to produce a durable high-quality FRS.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (United States)
  2. Delta-M Corporation, 1003 Larsen Drive, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20632880
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 699; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: STAIF 2004: 21. symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion: Human space exploration, space colonization, new frontiers and future concepts, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 8-11 Feb 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1649635; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; DESIGN; FABRICATION; FISSION; FUEL RODS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; ORNL; QUALITY CONTROL; REACTOR FUELING; REACTOR SAFETY; SIMULATION; SIMULATORS; SPACE POWER REACTORS; SPACE VEHICLES; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; THERMOCOUPLES; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems

Citation Formats

Ott, Larry J, and McCulloch, Reg. Electric Fuel Rod Simulator Fabrication at ORNL. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.1063/1.1649635.
Ott, Larry J, & McCulloch, Reg. Electric Fuel Rod Simulator Fabrication at ORNL. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1649635
Ott, Larry J, and McCulloch, Reg. 2004. "Electric Fuel Rod Simulator Fabrication at ORNL". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1649635.
@article{osti_20632880,
title = {Electric Fuel Rod Simulator Fabrication at ORNL},
author = {Ott, Larry J and McCulloch, Reg},
abstractNote = {Commercial vendors could not supply the high-quality, highly instrumented electric fuel rod simulators (FRS) required for large thermal-hydraulic safety-oriented experiments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Staff at ORNL designed, developed, and manufactured the simulators utilized in these safety experiments. Important FRS design requirements include (1) materials of construction, (2) test power requirements and availability, (3) experimental test objectives, (4) supporting thermal analyses, and (5) extensive quality control throughout all phases of FRS fabrication. This paper will present an overview of these requirements (design, analytics, and quality control) as practiced at ORNL to produce a durable high-quality FRS.},
doi = {10.1063/1.1649635},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20632880}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 699,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2004}
}