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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.
N. J. Carson, Jr., S. B. Brak
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 12 | Number 3 | March 1962 | Pages 412-418
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A28092
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A semiautomatic, radiation resistant machine has been developed at Argonne National Laboratory for the remote manufacture and inspection of EBR-II fuel pins from injection castings. Castings are stripped from Vycor molds by a device which breaks the molds. Fuel pins are cut from castings by shearing and are inspected. An air gauge, balance, length comparator, and eddy current probe provide progressive diameter, weight, length, and internal quality signals. These signals are fed into a computer which gives digital indications of diameter, weight, length, volume, and density plus an internal quality trace. The accuracy of diameter, weight, and length measurements is 0.0002 in., 0.1 gm, and 0.01 in. respectively.