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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.
Donald R. Green
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 12 | Number 2 | February 1962 | Pages 271-275
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A26067
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An instrument for nondestructively mapping core to cladding heat transfer quality in nuclear fuel elements has been developed. Heat transfer defects down to in. diameter in Zircaloy-2 clad and down to in. diameter in X-8001 aluminum alloy clad uranium fuel elements have been detected. An infrared radiometer was used to detect fuel element surface temperature variations during induction or plasma arc jet heating. The unusual application of plasma arc heating in this instrument made heat transfer testing of nonuniform fuel elements feasible.
