{"id":320617,"date":"2021-08-10T19:09:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/3d-printed-nuclear-reactor-components-installed-at-tva-browns-ferry-nuclear-plant\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T19:09:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:09:59","slug":"3d-printed-nuclear-reactor-components-installed-at-tva-browns-ferry-nuclear-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3d-printed-nuclear-reactor-components-installed-at-tva-browns-ferry-nuclear-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"#3D printed nuclear reactor components installed at TVA Browns Ferry nuclear plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n ORNL used novel additive manufacturing techniques to 3D print channel fasteners for Framatome\u2019s boiling water reactor fuel assembly. Four components, like the one shown here, were installed at the TVA Browns Ferry nuclear plant. Credit: Framatome
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Four first-of-a-kind 3D-printed fuel assembly brackets, produced at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been installed and are now under routine operating conditions at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 2 in Athens, Alabama.<\/p>\n

The components were developed in collaboration with TVA, Framatome and the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy\u2013funded Transformational Challenge Reactor, or TCR, program based at ORNL.<\/p>\n

“Deploying 3D-printed components in a reactor app<\/a>lication is a great milestone,” said ORNL’s Ben Betzler, TCR program director. “It shows that it is possible to deliver qualified components in a highly regulated environment. This program bridges basic and applied science<\/a> and technology<\/a> to deliver tangible solutions that show how advanced manufacturing can transform reactor technology and components.”<\/p>\n

“ORNL offers everything under one roof: state-of-the-art printing capabilities, world-class expertise in machining, next-generation digital manufacturing technologies, plus comprehensive characterization and testing equipment,” said Ryan Dehoff, ORNL section head for Secure and Digital Manufacturing.<\/p>\n

The channel fasteners’ straightforward, though non-symmetric, geometry was a good match for a first-ever additive manufacturing application for use in a nuclear reactor.<\/p>\n


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