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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.
Richard A. Condon, Neil C. Sher
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 14 | Number 4 | December 1962 | Pages 327-338
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A26239
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A study was conducted to establish the suitability of the gamma attenuation method for measuring void fractions in a parallel rod array. A lucite mock-up was used to evaluate the accuracy of the method; the error was found to vary from 7 to 13% depending upon the measuring method. Data were taken on an air-water system flowing vertically upward at atmospheric pressure, and were found to agree reasonably well with similar data for rectangular channels and round tubes. The results of this study are being used to guide the execution of the 600 psia boiling water, void experiments which are part of the heat transfer development for the Pathfinder Boiling Water-Integral Superheating Reactor.