Published March 2001 | Version v1
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Overviews of sodium combustion experiments and fire accidents along with safety considerations

Creators

  • 1. Osaka Univ. (Japan)

Description

Summaries are described on the sodium combustion experiments conducted by HEDL (F1, F2, F4, F5), KfK, Cadarashe (IGNA402 and 2002, IGNA3602 and 3604), the former PNC, etc. The sodium fires of Almeria Solar Plant and ILONA Test Facility are taken up as the examples of large-scale accidents. Fast breeder reactor (FBR) safety considerations are discussed, with attentions paid to the integrity of steel liner and sodium-concrete reaction, in relation to the secondary sodium leakage of MONJU. The author suggests that injection of nitrogen gas is an effective measure against sodium fires, suppressing the temperature rises, chemical reactions and also surely excluding a hydrogen explosion in case of sodium-concrete reaction. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nippon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 206-218
ISSN
0004-7120

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
32029677
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMBUSTION; CONCRETES; EXPLOSIONS; FIRE PREVENTION; FIRES; LINERS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR SAFETY; REVIEWS; SODIUM; STEELS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METALS; ALLOYS; BREEDER REACTORS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MATERIALS; METALS; OXIDATION; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS

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Notes
28 refs., 15 figs., 2 tabs.