Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Instrumentation

The liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) program is discussed with particular emphasis on the instrumentation and control elements. The near and long term requirements and their relationship to the specific project comprising the LMFBR program are outlined with respect to the current state of the art and the critical problems that still must be resolved. An overall description of the Atomic Energy Commission´s LMFBR instrumentation development program is described with a more detailed discussion of a few of the specific projects comprising the program.