Published 1976
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Report
Sodium spray release accident analysis for fast reactor safety studies
Description
A computer code has been developed to model the effects of postulated sodium spray release from LMFBR piping, although this is an event of extremely low probability. The calculation method utilizes gas convection and droplet combustion theory to calculate the pressure and temperature effects in a range of 0 to 21 mole percent oxygen with humidity. Droplet motion and large aggregate sodium surface area result in rapid release of combustion and sensible heat causing a nearly adiabatic pressure rise which peaks in several seconds. This analytical tool has indicated reasonable agreement with prototypic test data for a range of oxygen and water vapor concentrations, cell volumes and droplet sizes
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Fast reactor safety and related physics. Vol. IV
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1972-1981.
- Report number
- CONF-761001--P4
Conference
- Title
- International meeting on fast reactor safety and related physics.
- Dates
- 5 - 8 Oct 1976.
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, USA.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 9363014
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMBUSTION; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; DROPLETS; FIRES; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY; SODIUM; SPRAYS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ALKALI METALS; BREEDER REACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTAINMENT; ELEMENTS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; METALS; OXIDATION; PARTICLES; REACTORS; SAFETY