| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES) 2021
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| Symposium
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Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES) 2021
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| Presentation Title |
Design and Operation of an Out-of-pile Liquid Sodium Experimental Facility for Mechanical Testing |
| Author(s) |
Dustin Mangus, Peter Beck, Guillaume Mignot, Wade Marcum, Julie Tucker, Samuel Briggs |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Dustin Mangus |
| Abstract Scope |
The U.S. Department of Energy initiated the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) program to address the capability gap pertaining to in-pile testing of engineering materials in prototypical environments proposed for the Generation IV fission reactors. Oregon State University (OSU) is performing work to develop a mechanical and environmentally assisted crack growth testing apparatus that can be housed within a fully instrumented VTR cartridge loop. OSU’s newly developed Glovebox for Experimental Liquid Sodium (GELS) facility is an out-of-pile thermal-hydraulic system that can provide purified liquid sodium to experimental loops and vessels within an inert glovebox. Integrated into GELS is the Corrosion Experimental Loop (CEL) which will house a compact loading mechanism to assess the viability of the loading systems' ability to facilitate crack growth in structural alloys tested in liquid sodium media. This presentation will highlight the capabilities of OSU’s GELS facility for materials degradation testing in support of SFR-related research. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |