Published 1980 | Version v1
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Reliability of liquid metal breeder reactor cooling systems

Creators

  • 1. GE, Sunnyvale, Calif

Description

The reliability of the cooling systems employed during shutdown of liquid metal fast breeder reactors is discussed. Extremely high reliabilities of the decay heat removal system can be achieved by a combination of redundant design with the unique properties of liquid metal coolants operated at substantially lower temperatures than the metal's boiling point. A commercial-sized breeder reactor was selected as an example for the reliability modeling of the cooling system. Markov models in the form of state transition diagrams are used to exploit the effect of repairs on system reliability. 5 refs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Proc., Annu. Reliab. Maintain. Symp.
Journal Issue
p. 275-282
Series
Proc., Annu. Reliab. Maintain. Symp.

Conference

Title
Reliability and maintainability symposium.
Dates
22 Jan 1980.
Place
San Francisco, CA, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
11566056
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AFTER-HEAT REMOVAL; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; MARKOV PROCESS; RELIABILITY
Descriptors DEC
BREEDER REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; REACTORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES