Published October 1981 | Version v1
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Operational safety and reliability research at EBR-II

Creators

  • 1. Argonne Natl Lab, Ill

Description

Present research into operational safety and reliability at EBR-II comprises tests of breached fuel pins under normal reactor conditions, and tests that investigate the ability of an LMFBR to reject decay heat by natural convection. The reactor is now being prepared for mild transient testing of both intact and breached pins; to investigate local faults in subassemblies; and to study more fully the rejection of decay heat under conditions more severe than those already examined. Initial data on the behavior of the EBR-II driver-fuel pins indicate that they will withstand the mild overpower transients contemplated for the fuels testing. 11 refs

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., [Pap.]
Journal Issue
81-jpgc-nr-11
Series
Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., [Pap.].
ISSN
0402-1215

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
13689243
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
AFTER-HEAT REMOVAL; EBR-2 REACTOR; FUEL PINS; NATURAL CONVECTION; REACTOR SAFETY; TRANSIENTS
Descriptors DEC
BREEDER REACTORS; CONVECTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SAFETY; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS