• Title of article

    Thermal-hydraulicanalysesoftransientsinanactinide-burnerreactorcooledbyforcedconvectionoflead–bismuthOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    CliffB.Davis، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    149
  • To page
    160
  • Abstract
    TheIdahoNationalEngineeringandEnvironmentalLaboratory(INEEL)andtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)areinvestigatingthesuitabilityofleadorlead–bismuthcooledfastreactorsforproducinglow-costelectricityaswellasforactinideburning.Thecurrentanalysisevaluatedapooltypedesignthatreliesonforcedcirculationoftheprimarycoolant,aconventionalsteampowerconversionsystem,andapassivedecayheatremovalsystem.TheATHENAcomputercodewasusedtosimulatevarioustransientswithoutreactorscram,includingaprimarycoolantpumptrip,astationblackout,andastepreactivityinsertion.Thereactordesignsuccessfullymetidentifiedtemperaturelimitsforeachofthetransientsanalyzed.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894578