Test of the second model of the GCFR steam generator cavity closure plug [electronic resource].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1979.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- Pages: 18 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- As part of its participation in the program to develop a 300 MW(e) gas-cooled fast reactor (GCFR) demonstration power plant, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is conducting a series of structural model tests. One of the tasks of the ORNL effort provides for the design, analysis and/or testing of small-scale models of the PCRV penetration closure plugs. The principal objectives are to determine structural response of the plugs to normal operating pressures and to substantial overpressurization. The tests also provide reliable data for verification of analysis methods. Included in the testing program are models of both the steam generator cavity closure and central core cavity closure plugs. Thus far, two models of the steam generator cavity closure series have been tested. The first model which represented the original GA design was pressurized to 75.8 MPa (11,000 psi) without sustaining cracking of the concrete or failure of the plug although yielding of the metallic components was recorded by attached strain gages.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:conf-790802--44
conf-790802--44 - Subject(s)
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1979.
"conf-790802--44"
International conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology, Berlin, F.R. Germany, 13 Aug 1979.
Callahan, J. P.; Robinson, G. C.; Dodge, W. G. - Funding Information
- W-7405-ENG-26
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