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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.
Muhammad Taimoor Saleem, Kamran Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal, Saira Gulfam, Zahoor Ahmad
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 78 | Number 7 | October 2022 | Pages 573-587
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2022.2081650
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The Pakistan Spherical Tokamak (PST-I) is the first medium-sized tokamak that will be installed in Pakistan. A pure tension toroidal field (TF) coil shape is suggested in order to get stable plasma operation and bending free TF coils. This paper utilizes pure tension theory for the design of TF coils. Numerical solutions of a modified form of File’s equation were employed to obtain the shape of the TF coil. The finite element method was used to find critical engineering parameters in the TF coil design. Excitation of the TF coil was done in two ways: steady state and transient state. Simulation results of the magnetic field profile, current density through the TF coil, Lorentz force distribution, stresses, and deformations/bendings are presented in this paper. Uniform stress distribution of around 5 MPa was observed in the pure tension TF coil during transient current excitation and 2.8 MPa during static current excitation. Maximum bending of 1.2 mm was observed in the TF coil during transient current excitation and 2 mm during static current excitation.