Accident simulation testing in the HFR

Author

Bakker, Klaas ; De Groot, Sander ; Mutnuru, Ravi

Author_Institution

Nucl. Res. & Consultancy Group (NRG), Petten, Netherlands

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Large numbers of fuel irradiation tests have been performed in the HFR, Petten under both normal and accident conditions. The present paper describes the accident simulation testing facilities that have been used in the past. These facilities have, amongst others, been used to perform loss of coolant accident tests and transient overpower tests. The layout of these facilities and some of the thus obtained results are described in this paper.

Keywords

fission reactor accidents; fission reactor cooling; fission reactor physics; liquid metal fast breeder reactors; HFR; accident simulation testing; coolant accident test; fuel irradiation test; transient overpower test; Accidents; Aluminum; Coolants; Inductors; Materials testing; Neutrons; Nuclear fuels; Performance evaluation; Safety; Silicon carbide; LOCA; Loss of coolant accident; accident; accident simulation; cladding failure; fast reactor; material test reactor; nuclear fuel; ramp test; transient overpower;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2009 First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5207-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5208-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503711

Filename

5503711