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Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
Bogdan Florian Monea, Eusebiu Ilarian Ionete, Catalin Ducu, Stefan Ionut Spiridon, Sorin Moga, Xingbo Han, Wei Liu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 77 | Number 5 | July 2021 | Pages 382-390
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1903782
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In the present study, the effect of Hf and Ti substitution of Zr in the ZrCo alloy, used for hydrogen isotope storage, has been investigated in order to ascertain the improvement of the anti-disproportionation property of ZrCo hydrides. The ultimate goal of the investigation is to develop a safe and economically viable solution for the long-term storage of deuterium and tritium. The intermetallic compounds Zrl-xTixCo and Zrl-xHfxCo (x = 0.1, 0.2) were prepared and their suitability for hydrogen isotope storage, protium (H) and deuterium (D), was investigated. The alloys were synthesized by arc melting under a controlled argon atmosphere and characterized by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction analysis. The hydrogen isotope storage behavior of these alloys was probed by loading and unloading protium and deuterium. We present the pressure, composition, and temperature measurements for desorption, together with the thermodynamic parameters (enthalpy and entropy) of these alloys. The experimental results show that Ti and Hf substitution in the ZrCo alloys is suitable for fast delivery of hydrogen isotopes, even after their long-term storage.