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DOE-EM awards $37.5M to Vanderbilt University for nuclear cleanup support
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on January 16 that it has awarded a noncompetitive financial assistance agreement worth $37.5 million to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., to aid the department’s mission of cleaning up legacy nuclear waste.
D. B. Trauger, J. A. Conlin, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 9 | Number 3 | March 1961 | Pages 346-356
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25886
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A compact forced-circulation test loop for obtaining corrosion data applicable to molten-salt-fueled reactors has been operated in the MTR (HB-3) beam hole. Several tests were conducted with two fused-salt mixtures, NaF-ZrF4-UF4 and Li7F-BeF2-UF4, in loops constructed, respectively, of Inconel and INOR-8 (nominal composition: 70% Ni, 16% Mo, 7% Cr, 5% Fe, 2% other alloying elements). The maximum loop temperature ranged from 1300 to 1600°F. Engineering aspects of loop design and operation are described.