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Computational and Experimental Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Argon Reservoir (open access)

Computational and Experimental Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Argon Reservoir

Experimental and computational studies were performed to evaluate the effectiveness of an Argon Reservoir (AR). The AR is designed to prevent the ingress of air into the extraction furnace during the insertion and removal of the extraction basket, which contains Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods. Computational computer code studies were performed to evaluate the AR design concept. Based on the results of this study it was concluded that the Argon reservoir would be very effective in keeping air and moisture from infiltrating into the furnace module if the reservoir was continuously supplied with make-up argon.
Date: February 11, 2003
Creator: Brizes, W.
System: The UNT Digital Library