Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility
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The Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility is a specialized experimental installation used to study and simulate loss-of-coolant and related accident scenarios in nuclear reactors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T854084 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility Context triple: [Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, hasFacility, Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility]
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A.
Hawthorne test tunnel
Hawthorne test tunnel is an experimental underground transportation tunnel in Hawthorne, California, built by The Boring Company to demonstrate and develop high-speed, low-cost tunneling and transit technologies.
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B.
National Transonic Facility
The National Transonic Facility is a high-pressure, cryogenic wind tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center used to test aircraft and aerospace vehicle designs at transonic speeds with high aerodynamic accuracy.
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C.
X-10 graphite reactor
The X-10 graphite reactor was an early nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, built during the Manhattan Project as a pilot plant for plutonium production and a key step toward the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
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D.
Underground Injection Control program
The Underground Injection Control program is a U.S. regulatory framework that oversees and permits the injection of fluids into underground wells to protect groundwater resources from contamination.
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E.
Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel
The Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel is one of the world’s largest wind tunnels, used primarily for testing full-scale aircraft and aerospace vehicles under controlled aerodynamic conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility Target entity description: The Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility is a specialized experimental installation used to study and simulate loss-of-coolant and related accident scenarios in nuclear reactors.
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A.
Hawthorne test tunnel
Hawthorne test tunnel is an experimental underground transportation tunnel in Hawthorne, California, built by The Boring Company to demonstrate and develop high-speed, low-cost tunneling and transit technologies.
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B.
National Transonic Facility
The National Transonic Facility is a high-pressure, cryogenic wind tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center used to test aircraft and aerospace vehicle designs at transonic speeds with high aerodynamic accuracy.
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C.
X-10 graphite reactor
The X-10 graphite reactor was an early nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, built during the Manhattan Project as a pilot plant for plutonium production and a key step toward the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
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D.
Underground Injection Control program
The Underground Injection Control program is a U.S. regulatory framework that oversees and permits the injection of fluids into underground wells to protect groundwater resources from contamination.
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E.
Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel
The Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel is one of the world’s largest wind tunnels, used primarily for testing full-scale aircraft and aerospace vehicles under controlled aerodynamic conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental facility
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nuclear safety research facility ⓘ thermal-hydraulic test facility ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve predictive capability of thermal-hydraulic models
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reduce uncertainties in reactor safety analysis ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
development of safety standards for nuclear power plants
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understanding of nuclear reactor accident progression ⓘ validation of best-estimate thermal-hydraulic codes ⓘ |
| dataUsedBy |
nuclear regulators
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nuclear safety analysts ⓘ reactor designers ⓘ |
| field |
nuclear engineering
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reactor safety ⓘ thermal-hydraulics ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
capable of high-pressure and high-temperature operation
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instrumented for detailed thermal-hydraulic measurements ⓘ scaled representation of reactor coolant system components ⓘ |
| measures |
mass flow rates
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pressure distributions ⓘ temperature distributions ⓘ void fractions in two-phase flow ⓘ |
| purpose |
provide experimental data for code validation
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simulate reactor accident transients ⓘ study loss-of-coolant accident scenarios in nuclear reactors ⓘ support development of emergency core cooling system designs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
emergency core cooling system performance
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loss-of-coolant accident analysis ⓘ nuclear power plant safety assessment ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
blowdown and reflood phenomena
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loss-of-coolant accidents ⓘ reactor system thermal-hydraulic behavior ⓘ safety system performance under accident conditions ⓘ two-phase flow in reactor systems ⓘ |
| simulates |
breaks in reactor coolant system piping
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depressurization of reactor coolant systems ⓘ emergency core cooling system injection conditions ⓘ loss-of-coolant transients ⓘ |
| supports |
development of accident management strategies
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improvement of reactor safety systems ⓘ |
| typeOfTests |
integral system tests
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transient thermal-hydraulic tests ⓘ two-phase flow experiments ⓘ |
| usedFor |
benchmarking of system thermal-hydraulic computer codes
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evaluation of nuclear reactor safety margins ⓘ supporting regulatory safety analyses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility Description of subject: The Loss-of-Fluid Test Facility is a specialized experimental installation used to study and simulate loss-of-coolant and related accident scenarios in nuclear reactors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.