Fuel plate stability experiments and analysis for the Advanced Neutron Source

University of Missouri Research Reactor LEU Fuel Element Flow Test Conceptual Design

“…In the early 1990s Swinson, et al conducted flow tests on involute plate assemblies in support of the Advanced Neutron Source reactor design [17], [18], [19], [20]. Five-plate assemblies were the subject of the experiments.…”

Research and Development of Multiphysics Models in Support of the Conversion of the High Flux Isotope Reactor to Low Enriched Uranium Fuel

“…The reactor design was to meet or exceed the neutron flux characteristics of the HFIR making it the highest neutron flux reactor in the world. Due to the extremely high flow rates, extensive analysis was done to ensure the stability and integrity of the fuel plate structure in the reactor [101,63,102,103,59].…”

“…Flow tests measuring thermal characteristics of the fuel plates were performed that were designed to measure the heat transfer capabilities of the design [104][105][106][107]. Another set of experiments were performed to test the deflection caused by the pressure differentials from the coolant flow [101,63,102,59,103,108,109,110].…”

National Bureau of Standards Reactor LEU Fuel Element Flow Test Conceptual Design

“…In the early 1990s, Swinson et al conducted flow tests on involute plate assemblies in support of the Advanced Neutron Source reactor design [26,27,28,29]. Five-plate assemblies were the subject of the experiments.…”