Published 1986 | Version v1
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Integral Fast Reactor concept inherent safety features

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The Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) is an innovative liquid-metal-cooled reactor concept being developed at Argonne National Laboratory. The two major goals of the IFR development effort are improved economics and enhanced safety. The design features that together fulfill these goals are: (1) a liquid metal (sodium) coolant, (2) a pool-type reactor primary system configuration, (3) an advanced ternary alloy metallic fuel, and (4) an integral fuel cycle. This paper reviews the design features that contribute to the safety margins inherent to the IFR concept. Special emphasis is placed on the ability of the IFR design to accommodate anticipated transients without scram (ATWS)

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1 as DE87004829.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
Report number
CONF-861211--24

Conference

Title
American Society of Mechanical Engineers winter meeting.
Dates
7-12 Dec 1986.
Place
Anaheim, CA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18066022
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
ATWS; ECONOMICS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR SAFETY; REACTOR SAFETY EXPERIMENTS; SPECIFICATIONS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BREEDER REACTORS; DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUELS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MATERIALS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SAFETY

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