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Sodium fire studies in France. Safety experiments applied to fast reactors
Creators
- 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. de Surete Nucleaire
- 2. Compagnie d'Ingenierie pour les Reacteurs au Sodium (CIRNA), Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Description
In fast reactors, the risk of sodium fires must be analyzed in detail and the consequences of an accidental fire must be known precisely. Beyond the search for prevention and detection means, techniques must be developed to set up a limit to damages created by an accidental fire: extinguishing, aerosol confinement, protection of the reactor structures. The program developed by the Nuclear Safety Department of the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique to solve these various problems is described. The main results and their applications to the Super-Phenix reactor are presented
Availability note (English)
MF available from INIS under the Report Number.Abstract (French)
Dans un reacteur a neutrons rapides, le risque de feu de sodium doit etre analyse avec le plus grand soin et les consequences d'un feu accidentel doivent etre connues avec precision. Outre la recherche des moyens de prevention et de detection, des techniques doivent etre developpees pour limiter les dommages crees par un feu accidentel: extinction, confinement des aerosols, protection des structures du reacteur. On decrit le programme actuellement entrepris par le Departement de Surete Nucleaire du Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique en vue de resoudre ces differents problemes. Les principaux resultats et leur application au reacteur Super-Phenix sont presentesFiles
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Etudes de feux de sodium en France. Essais de surete et application a un reacteur rapide
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 14 p.
- Report number
- CEA-CONF--3750
Conference
- Title
- International meeting on fast reactor safety and related physics.
- Dates
- 5 - 8 Oct 1976.
- Place
- Chicago, Ill., USA.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 8324854
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCIDENTS; AIR FILTERS; CONTAMINATION; FAST REACTORS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; REACTOR SAFETY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SODIUM; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS; SUPER PHENIX REACTOR
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METALS; BREEDER REACTORS; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FILTERS; HAZARDS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; METALS; PLUTONIUM REACTORS; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; REACTORS; SAFETY