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TABLE 2.5. SUMMARY OF CFRE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS<br />

Estimated<br />

Proiect Proiect Title<br />

Objective Number of<br />

Number<br />

Man Hours<br />

1 Beryllium Thermal Stress Investigation of beryllium under severe thermal stress<br />

2 Care Hydrodynamics Investigation of flaw separation, velocity distri- 3880 <strong>ORNL</strong>-1515, -1692, -1701; YF-15-11; Memo,<br />

8<br />

9<br />

10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

14<br />

15<br />

Xenon Removal Pump (plastic<br />

model)<br />

Xenon Removal Pump (hat test<br />

unit)<br />

Model-T Component Tesi<br />

(isothermal)<br />

Model-T Component Test (100-kw<br />

heat input to care)<br />

conditions<br />

bution, and perverse particle dwell time<br />

Development of attitude-insensitive pump and header<br />

tank geometry to remove xenon and degas fuel<br />

Performance and cavitation tests with water,<br />

sodium, and fuel; endurance test<br />

Check of fabricability and endurance test of fuel<br />

pump, plenum chamber, and care shell assembly<br />

Check far flow separation; estimate of full-scale<br />

boundary layer thickness<br />

Second Fuel-to-NaK Heat Exchanger Performance and endurance test at full-scale pres-<br />

(4000 kw, 1000-kw input)<br />

sures, pressure drops, and temperature differentials<br />

lncanel Thermal Stress Investigation of effects of severe thermal stress<br />

Leak Characteristics of Tube-to-<br />

Header Welds<br />

Fill-and-Drain System<br />

cycling on cracking and distortion<br />

Investigation of possibility of self-plugging of weld<br />

cracks between fuel and NaK<br />

Performance test with water, NaK, and fuel<br />

Control Drive Mechanism Check of fabricability; shokedown and endurance<br />

Fuel Addition System<br />

Woad and Plastic Reactor Mockup<br />

(1/2 scoctle)<br />

Sample Heat Exchanger Tube<br />

Bundle<br />

Zero Power Unit<br />

tests<br />

Check of fabricability; shakedown and endurance<br />

Tests<br />

Check of fabricability and test demonstration<br />

Check of fabricability and cost determination<br />

Check of fabricability; shakedown and endurance<br />

tests<br />

2280<br />

3080<br />

5200<br />

8920<br />

4400<br />

9280<br />

2680<br />

760<br />

2280<br />

3200<br />

3200<br />

960<br />

2240<br />

References Status September 1, 1954<br />

<strong>ORNL</strong>-1515, -1517, and -1721 First test completed; no cracks<br />

Fraas to file, 8/4/54; Memo, Wislicenus<br />

to Briant, 6/19/53<br />

<strong>ORNL</strong>-1649, <strong>ORNL</strong> CF-54-5-1; Memo,<br />

Fraas to file, 8/4/54<br />

<strong>ORNL</strong>-1649; Memo, Fraas to file, 8/4/54<br />

<strong>ORNL</strong> CF-54-2-35<br />

<strong>ORNL</strong>-1215, -1330, -1509, -1729 (P 28);<br />

CF-54-1-155; Memo, Ahern to Fraas,<br />

6/12/54<br />

appeared in beryllium speci-<br />

men<br />

Tests under woy with water<br />

Tests under way with water<br />

Design completed; fabrication<br />

under way<br />

Pump, header-tank, and care-<br />

shell design held pending<br />

results of projects 2 and 3<br />

Same as above<br />

Design of about one half of<br />

components completed; heat<br />

exchanger being fabricated<br />

Design of test rig nearly<br />

comp leted<br />

<strong>ORNL</strong>-1215, <strong>ORNL</strong> CF-54-1-155 Parts being fabricated<br />

Detail design completed for<br />

one proposal<br />

Preliminary luyouts completed<br />

for several proposals<br />

Prel imi nary layouts corn pie ted<br />

for several proposals<br />

Fabrication under way<br />

Detail design completed far<br />

one proposal<br />

Preliminary design under way<br />

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