Higher system temperatures are required to reduce the operating cost of nuclear power plants cooled with sodium. However, to reliably design and operate such a plant, experimental determination of the mass transfer and metallurgical effects under representative conditions are necessary. This report presents the design, fabrication, assembly, operating procedures, and start-up data for six experimental test loops to examine the effect of steel exposed to sodium at temperatures as high as 1300 F. Until the loops are sectioned at the end of the program, corrosion data will be obtained from metallic tabs exposed to sodium at various locations in the loops under prescribed test conditions. The loops are identical in design and differ only in the material used in fabrication.
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