Published 1900 | Version v1
Report

Mechanisms of liquid-liquid contact and heat transfer related to fuel-coolant interactions

Creators

  • 1. Argonne National Lab., Ill. (USA)

Description

This paper discusses the requirements for explosive boiling (vapor explosion) with special emphasis on the UO2-Na system. Considerations include requirements for direct liquid-liquid contact and associated heat transfer characteristics. Fragmentation and explosive boiling are treated as separate phenomena

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Second specialist meeting on sodium/fuel interaction in fast reactors, Ispra, 21-23 November 1973
Imprint Pagination
p. 199-209 (paper SNI 2-18).
Report number
EUR--5309

Conference

Title
2. Specialist meeting on sodium/fuel interaction in fast reactors.
Dates
21 Nov 1973.
Place
Ispra, Italy.

INIS

Country of Publication
European Commission (EC), Brussels (Belgium)
Country of Input or Organization
European Commission (EC), Brussels (Belgium)
INIS RN
7229129
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BOILING; COOLANTS; EXPLOSIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR FUELS; SODIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE; VAPORS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ALKALI METALS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUIDS; FUELS; GASES; METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; REACTOR MATERIALS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES