Trefoil fuel carriage used in NRX reactor loops

Artifact Number:

2018-221

Description

A replica of the trefoil fuel carriage used to test fuel pencils in the NRX reactor loops.  The assembly consists of three, full length (495 mm), fuel pencils mounted in a jig that could be located in one of the loops to carry out various fuel and sheath performance experiments.  The entire assembly, which was presented to F. Blackstein on his retirement from AECL, is mounted on a 71 cm by 4 cm wooden base.

Details

Keywords:
in pile loops; coolant loops; retirement memento
Date:
1985
References:
A full description of the reactor loops at CRNL is given in Canada Enters the Nuclear Age, pages 62-65.
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