The Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL) facility, established in 2010, is an intermediate-scale liquid metal experimental facility that provides purified R-grade sodium to various experimental test vessels to test components that are required to operate in a prototypical advanced reactor environment. Experiments conducted in METL significantly assist the development of advanced reactors.

Current capabilities that reside in the METL facility include:

• 750 Gallons of Reactor Grade Sodium
• Prototypic Reactor Temperatures of 650°C
• 4 Test Vessels
• 4 Additional Test Loops
• 300 Heater Zones
• 1000+ Sensors
• 2 Operational Tanks with Ports for Experiments
• Sodium Purification and Contamination Monitoring