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Title: IN-PILE GAS-COOLED FUEL ELEMENT TEST FACILITY

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4817419· OSTI ID:4817419

Paper presented at American Nuclear Society Meeting, June I8-21, 1962, Boston, Mass. Design and operating problems of unclad and ceramic gas-cooled reactor fuels in high temperature circulating gas systems will be studied using a test facility now nearing completion at the Oak Ridge Research Reactor. A shielded air-tight cell houses a closed circuit gas system equipped for dealing with fission products circulating in the gas. Experiments can be conducted on fuel element performance and stability, fission product deposition, gas clean up, activity levels, component and system performance and shielding, and decontamination and maintenance of system hardware. (auth)

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
NSA Number:
NSA-16-024950
OSTI ID:
4817419
Report Number(s):
ORNL-TM-250
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Paper presented at American Nuclear Society Meeting, June 18-21, 1962, Boston, Mass. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English