The KNK II test program
Description
The sodium cooled fast reactor KNK II in the Research Center of Karlsruhe with a thermal power of 58 MW and an electric power of 20 MW has the mission to collect experience for the construction and operation of the German fast breeder prototype SNR 300. First criticality of the reactor was reached on October 10, 1977 and the license for full-power operation was given on August 3, 1978. The test program for KNK II comprises the following areas: irradiation experiments with the corresponding post-irradiation examination, fuel cycle, instrumentation and detection techniques, operation related experiments and reactor chemistry. These areas with their specific experimental programs are described in the report, after an illustration of the properties of KNK II as an irradiation reactor
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- Das KNK II Versuchsprogramm
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 122 p.
- Report number
- KFK-PSB--01.01.04P00A
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34087763
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FUEL CYCLE; KNK-2 REACTOR; MATERIALS TESTING; POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION; REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS
- Descriptors DEC
- ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; HYDRIDE MODERATED REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS; SZR TYPE REACTORS; TESTING
- Proposed descriptors and Free-text terms
- Reactor experiments
Optional Information
- Notes
- refs, tabs, figs
- Secondary number(s)
- INIS-DE-PSB--050