Fuel motion induced by a sharp burst TUCOP [electronic resource] : PFR/TREAT test L07
- Published:
- Argonne, Ill. : Argonne National Laboratory, 1985.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- Pages: 6 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Argonne National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- In the transient-undercooling-driven overpower (TUCOP) accident scenario for moderate-to-high-sodium-void-worth-LMFBR cores, some computer codes predict large reactivity increases caused by compactive in-pin fuel motion in low power subassemblies during a power burst resulting from sodium voiding in the lead fuel subassemblies. In this hypothetical scenario, the low power subassemblies are predicted to experience midplane failure with relatively cold cladding, which inhibits radial dispersal and results in a momentary accumulation of fuel around the midplane failure site. A major objective of PFR/TREAT Test L07 was to simulate such low-power-subassembly TUCOP conditions, measure the associated fuel motion and evaluate the fuel-motion predictions.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:conf-850610-7
conf-850610-7 - Subject(s):
- Other Subject(s):
- Fuel Element Failure
- Lmfbr Type Reactors
- Transient Overpower Accidents
- Thermal Stresses
- Computer Calculations
- Fuel Pins
- Liquid Flow
- Reactor Safety
- Accidents
- Breeder Reactors
- Epithermal Reactors
- Fast Reactors
- Fbr Type Reactors
- Fluid Flow
- Fuel Elements
- Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors
- Reactor Accidents
- Reactor Components
- Reactors
- Safety
- Stresses
- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1985.
"conf-850610-7"
"DE85006121"
Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Boston, MA, USA, 9 Jun 1985.
Robinson, W.R.; Bauer, T.H.; Morman, J.A.; Doerner, R.C.; Herbert, R. - Funding Information:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
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