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Parametric analyses of planned flowing uranium hexafluoride critical experimentsAnalytical investigations were conducted to determine preliminary design and operating characteristics of flowing uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gaseous nuclear reactor experiments in which a hybrid core configuration comprised of UF6 gas and a region of solid fuel will be employed. The investigations are part of a planned program to perform a series of experiments of increasing performance, culminating in an approximately 5 MW fissioning uranium plasma experiment. A preliminary design is described for an argon buffer gas confined, UF6 flow loop system for future use in flowing critical experiments. Initial calculations to estimate the operating characteristics of the gaseous fissioning UF6 in a confined flow test at a pressure of 4 atm, indicate temperature increases of approximately 100 and 1000 K in the UF6 may be obtained for total test power levels of 100 kW and 1 MW for test times of 320 and 32 sec, respectively.
Document ID
19780018915
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rodgers, R. J.
(United Technologies Research Center East Hartford, CT, United States)
Latham, T. S.
(United Technologies Research Center East Hartford, CT, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: Princeton Univ. Partially Ionized Plasmas, Including the 3rd Symp. on Uranium Plasmas
Subject Category
Nuclear And High-Energy Physics
Accession Number
78N26858
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: XP5-54474-1
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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