SAFR
Description
The Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International, with support from Combustion Engineering and Bechtel, is developing the sodium advanced fast reactor (SAFR) as an element in the United States Department of Energy's Advanced Liquid-Metal Reactor (LMR) program. The SAFR power plant concept employs an advanced, 450-MWe, pool- type, sodium-cooled reactor with inherent safety characteristics as the basic nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) module. Favorable physical properties of sodium coolant and metal fuel are utilized to provide inherent reactor shutdown and adequate core cooling under all accident conditions. This is achieved with no operator action and no external support systems. This paper discusses how the simplicity of the SAFR design ensures plant safety and yields low cost, highly reliable power
Additional details
Additional titles
- Subtitle (English)
- An advanced module liquid metal reactor with inherent safety features
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- American Nuclear Society.
- Imprint Place
- La Grange Park, IL (USA)
- ISBN
- 0-89448-1460
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the international topical meeting on safety of next generation power reactors
- Imprint Pagination
- 935 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 606-611.
Conference
- Title
- American Nuclear Society (ANS) topical meeting on the safety of next generation power reactors.
- Dates
- 1-5 May 1988.
- Place
- Seattle, WA (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22052123
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COOLANT LOOPS; COST; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POOL TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR SAFETY; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; RELIABILITY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SODIUM; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ALKALI METALS; BREEDER REACTORS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; METALS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SAFETY; SHUTDOWN; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-880506--.