b'Experiment Design for Prototypic In-Pile LOCA EvaluationsPrincipal Investigator: Nicolas WoolstenhulmeTeam Members/ Collaborators: Colby Jensen, Charlie Folsom, Robert Armstrong, Dan Wachs and Guillaume Mignot (OSU)Figure 1. LOCA-SERTTA Design Rendering.I n 2018 the Halden Boiling Waterof interest in extending the licensed Reactor (HBWR) unexpectedlyburnup limits for LWR fuel with announced termination of reactorspecific budget scope starting in operations and its long-standing2020 to address relevant data gaps. irradiation programs. Among otherOne major research area, referred to things, this event represented theas Fuel Fragmentation Relocation and loss of the western worlds onlyDispersal (FFRD), had been identified remaining nuclear-heated capabilitybut not fully resolved in past HBWR for testing postulated Loss of CoolantLOCA tests on high burnup LWR Accident (LOCA) conditions in Lightfuel.Efforts were undertaken in Water Reactors (LWR). At the samefiscal year 2020 to evaluate candidate time there was a general resurgencemethods for performing LOCA tests 108 2020|AFC ACCOMPLISHMENTS'