Published 1984 | Version v1
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Inherent accommodation of unprotected loss-of-flow accidents in LMFBRs

Description

Inherent safety is a major focus of attention in fast reactor design. Extensive efforts have been given to utilizing intrinsic characteristics of sodium-cooled reactors to enhance the plant's ability to accommodate even the most unlikely accidents, such as loss-of-flow (LOF) with failure to scram. The renewed interest in the pool concept partially reflects this new direction. The reintroduction of metal fuel also opens a new frontier for fast reactor safety technology. This study explores the potential of the metal fuel in achieving designs which are inherently safe against unprotected LOF accidents. The study is conducted using the SASSYS code and is based on an 1000 MWe pool design

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1 as DE84014719.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
CONF-841105--27

Conference

Title
Joint meeting of the American Nuclear Society and the Atomic Industrial Forum.
Dates
11-16 Nov 1984.
Place
Washington, DC (USA).