Quick-look report on LOFT nonnuclear experiment L3-0
Description
The preliminary evaluation has been completed of the results from nonnuclear Loss-of-Coolant Experiment (LOCE) L3-0, which was successfully conducted on May 31, 1979, in the Loss-of-Fluid Test (LOFT) facility. LOCE L3-0, the first experiment in the LOFT Small and Intermediate Break Series L3, simulated a small break at the top of the LOFT pressurizer by opening the power operated pressure relief valve. For this experiment, the nuclear core remained installed and in a shutdown condition. The initial conditions and plant configuration were similar to previous nuclear LOCEs performed in experiment Series L2 with the exception of the primary system being isothermal due to the lack of reactor heat input. Selected data, presented in this report, confirm that the objectives of LOCE L3-0 were successfully achieved
Availability note (English)
MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A03/MF A01.
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 48 p.
- Report number
- QLR-L--3-0
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 11499822
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; LOFT REACTOR; LOSS OF COOLANT; PRESSURIZERS; SIMULATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TEST REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS