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Molten salt research is focus of ANS local section presentation
The American Nuclear Society’s Chicago–Great Lakes Local Section hosted a presentation on February 27 on developments at the molten salt research reactor at Abilene Christian University’s Nuclear Energy Experimental Testing (NEXT) Lab.
A recording of the presentation is available on the ANS website.
D. L. Douglass
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 9 | Number 3 | March 1961 | Pages 391-398
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25892
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An evaluation of tensile, creep, hot hardness, fabrication, and corrosion data for Nb-V and Nb-Zr alloys had been made to assess the merits and limitations of each alloy system for possible use as structural components of boiling water reactors. Niobium-vanadium alloys possessed far superior creep properties, equivalent tensile and hardness properties at elevated temperature, and superior corrosion behavior in high-temperature steam and water. With the exception of a higher neutron capture cross section, Nb-V alloys appeared to offer better potential for conditions existing in boiling water reactors.
