Author: C. N. KelberPublisher:
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Category : Liquid metal cooled reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Safety Problems of Liquid-metal-cooled Fast Breeder Reactors
Author: C. N. KelberPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liquid metal cooled reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A Review of the Current Status of Research on the Chemical and Physical Aspects of Liquid-metal-cooled Fast Breeder Reactor Safety
Author: A. W. CastlemanPublisher:
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Category : Liquid metal fast breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Safety and Core Design of Large Liquid-metal Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors
Author: Staffan Alexander QvistPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
In light of the scientific evidence for changes in the climate caused by greenhouse-gas emissions from human activities, the world is in ever more desperate need of new, inexhaustible, safe and clean primary energy sources. A viable solution to this problem is the widespread adoption of nuclear breeder reactor technology. Innovative breeder reactor concepts using liquid-metal coolants such as sodium or lead will be able to utilize the waste produced by the current light water reactor fuel cycle to power the entire world for several centuries to come. Breed & burn (B & B) type fast reactor cores can unlock the energy potential of readily available fertile material such as depleted uranium without the need for chemical reprocessing. Using B & B technology, nuclear waste generation, uranium mining needs and proliferation concerns can be greatly reduced, and after a transitional period, enrichment facilities may no longer be needed. In this dissertation, new passively operating safety systems for fast reactors cores are presented. New analysis and optimization methods for B & B core design have been developed, along with a comprehensive computer code that couples neutronics, thermal-hydraulics and structural mechanics and enables a completely automated and optimized fast reactor core design process. In addition, an experiment that expands the knowledge-base of corrosion issues of lead-based coolants in nuclear reactors was designed and built. The motivation behind the work presented in this thesis is to help facilitate the widespread adoption of safe and efficient fast reactor technology.
Fast Reactor Safety
Author: John GrahamPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0323152651
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Fast Reactor Safety deals with safety design criteria and methodology for fast reactors. Topics covered include safety evaluation methods, system disturbances, containment, and licensing. The characteristics of fast reactors, including heat ratings and coolants, are also discussed. Comprised of six chapters, this book opens with an overview of methods used to evaluate nuclear safety, along with neutron kinetics, thermal and feedback effects, and fault tree analysis. The reader is then introduced to possible system disturbances in relation to three distinct fast reactor systems: liquid-metal-cooled fast breeder reactors, gas-cooled fast breeder reactors, and steam-cooled fast breeder reactors. The next chapter looks at safety criteria that are set to define the design of a safe plant, together with the safety features that might be included. The remaining chapters focus on the particular problems of a sodium-cooled design; containment building and primary circuit and vessel containment; and licensing of the plant. This monograph is intended for graduates and undergraduates in nuclear engineering who are attending courses in reactor safety.
Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program
Author: United States. Energy Research and Development AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors
Author: International Atomic Energy AgencyPublisher:
ISBN: 9789201079077
Category : Liquid metal cooled reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a survey of worldwide experience gained with fast breeder reactor design, development and operation. Coverage includes state of the art of liquid metal fast reactor development; lead-bismuth cooled (LBC) ship reactor operation experience and LBC fast power reactor development; and treatment and disposal of spent sodium.
Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program: Appendix. Comment letters 1-25 and responses
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
Review of Reactor Safety Analyses of Fast and Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Safety analysis reports on United States fast and liquid metal cooled reactors were reviewed to gain a better understanding of the safety philosophy applied to the design of these facilities. This information was compiled to help guide the design and safety analysis of the Fast Flux Test Facility. No attempt was made to draw conclusions concerning the relative merit of different approaches and philosophies used by different reactor design teams. The facilities reviewed were; Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant (FERMI) Hallam Nuclear Power Facility (HALLAM) Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor (SEFOR) Fast Reactor Test Facility (FARET) Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 (EBR-I) Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 2 (EBR-II) Fast Reactor Zero Power Experiment (ZPR - III). The information gathered from the safety analysis reports is tabulated under these headings: Control and Safety Systems; Reactor Protection Systems; Backup Systems; Containment or Confinement Systems; Inherent Reactivity Effects and Important Physics Parameters; Fuel and Fuel Handling; Accidents Considered and Chemical Problems; Site; Exhaust Ventilation System; and Waste Effluents.
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