FFTF gas processing systems
Description
The design and operation of the two radioactive gas processing systems at the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) exemplify the concept that will be used in the first generation of Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors (LMFBR's). The two systems, the Radioactive Argon Processing System (RAPS) and the Cell Atmosphere Processing System (CAPS), process the argon and nitrogen used in the FFTF for cover gas on liquid metal systems and as inert atmospheres in steel lined cells housing sodium equipment. The RAPS specifically processes the argon cover gas from the reactor coolant system, providing for decontamination and eventual reuse. The CAPS processes radioactive gases from inerted cells and other liquid metal cover gas systems, providing for decontamination and ultimate discharge to the atmosphere
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press.
- Imprint Place
- Elmsford, NY
- Imprint Title
- Management of low-level radioactive waste. Volume I
- Journal Page Range
- p. 439-451.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10474002
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FFTF REACTOR; PERFORMANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; SPECIFICATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS; TEST REACTORS