Annual Report
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enable the accommodation and transport of an<br />
extensive range of fission products in uranium<br />
oxide, nitride and carbide fuel forms.<br />
The Departments which make up the CNE have<br />
a range of facilities available for use some of<br />
which are listed below; however, as our facilities<br />
always being changed to reflect research<br />
needs, you should visit the departmental websites<br />
via http://www.imperial.ac.uk for more<br />
information. The CONSORT low power research<br />
reactor is in final shutdown, the fuel has been<br />
removed and decommissioning is expected to<br />
take about seven years. However, this does provide<br />
an extended period for training students in<br />
decommissioning.<br />
Experimental<br />
Civil Engineering<br />
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Soil-water retention curve desiccators<br />
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Temperature- and suction controlled<br />
oedometer<br />
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Temperature- and suction controlled<br />
triaxial<br />
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Temperature-controlled hydraulic<br />
permeability/thermal conductivity cell<br />
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Temperature-controlled triaxial cell<br />
(EPSRC small scale equipment grant)<br />
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Miniature tensiometer for measuring<br />
suctions up to 1.5MPa (EPSRC ref. GR/<br />
J14325)<br />
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Suction-controlled osmotic oedometer<br />
(GR/L36451)<br />
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Suction-controlled triaxial apparatus<br />
(GR/K77723)<br />
Numerical<br />
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In-house developed finite element code<br />
ICFEP; thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM)<br />
2D and 3D analysis of geomaterials and<br />
geotechnical structures<br />
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LAMMPS molecular dynamics code<br />
for simulating behaviour of granular<br />
materials. Licences for the commercial<br />
discrete element software PFC, which<br />
can model thermal effects in granular<br />
materials. Potentially these codes<br />
can be applied to look at pebble bed<br />
reactors.<br />
Mechanical Engineering<br />
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Range of conventional and specialist<br />
ultrasound NDT equipment<br />
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Ultrasound array imaging equipment<br />
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Finite Element Simulation software<br />
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100kN Instron load frame with High<br />
temperature vacuum furnace<br />
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Thermal Mechanical Fatigue System<br />
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Gleeble 3800<br />
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Creep Machines<br />
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Guided Wave testing equipment for<br />
pipelines<br />
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Laser interferometers for vibration<br />
displacement measurements<br />
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Creep Monitoring system<br />
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Pipe wall thickness remote monitoring<br />
equipment<br />
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HPC Cluster<br />
29 http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nuclear-engineering
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