ORNL designs, builds and operates a wide range of thermal hydraulics experiments for (1) evaluation and optimization of fluid flow and heat transfer systems and for (2) validation of associated analysis software for light water fission reactor, advanced fission reactor, accelerator facility and nuclear fusion system technologies. These tests support development and operation of ORNL’s own operating nuclear facilities such as SNS, facilities outside ORNL such as ITER, as well as development of next-generation systems such as FHRs and MSRs. ORNL provides comprehensive support for design, planning, scaling/similarity analysis, instrumentation development, execution, data analysis, closure model development and high-fidelity simulation.
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