Sodium fast reactor safety and licensing research plan. Volume II.

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1044967· OSTI ID:1044967

Ludewig, H ^[1]; Powers, D A; Hewson, John C; LaChance, Jeffrey L; Wright, A ^[2]; Phillips, J; Zeyen, R ^[3]; Clement, B ^[4]; Garner, Frank ^[5]; Walters, Leon ^[6]; Wright, Steve; Ott, Larry J ^[7]; Suo-Anttila, Ahti Jorma; Denning, Richard ^[8]; Ohshima, Hiroyuki ^[9]; Ohno, S ^[9]; Miyhara, S ^[9]; Yacout, Abdellatif ^[2]; Farmer, M ^[2]; Wade, D ^[2] ; Grandy, C ^[2]; Schmidt, R; Cahalen, J ^[2]; Olivier, Tara Jean; Budnitz, R ^[10]; Tobita, Yoshiharu ^[9]; Serre, Frederic ^[11]; Natesan, Ken ^[2]; Carbajo, Juan J ^[7]; Jeong, Hae-Yong ^[12]; Wigeland, Roald ^[13]; Corradini, Michael ^[14]; Thomas, Justin ^[2]; Wei, Tom ^[2]; Sofu, Tanju ^[2]; Flanagan, George F ^[7]; Bari, R ^[1]; Porter, D ^[13]; Lambert, J ^[2]; Hayes, S ^[13]; Sackett, J ^[13]; Denman, Matthew R

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1. Brokhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
2. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
3. Institute for Energy Petten, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
4. IRSN/DPAM.SEMIC Bt 702, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
5. Radiation Effects Consulting, Richland, WA
6. Advanced Reactor Concepts, Los Alamos, NM
7. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
8. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
9. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
10. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
11. Centre d'%C3%94etudes nucl%C3%94eaires de Cadarache, Cea, France
12. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea
13. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
14. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

Expert panels comprised of subject matter experts identified at the U.S. National Laboratories (SNL, ANL, INL, ORNL, LBL, and BNL), universities (University of Wisconsin and Ohio State University), international agencies (IRSN, CEA, JAEA, KAERI, and JRC-IE) and private consultation companies (Radiation Effects Consulting) were assembled to perform a gap analysis for sodium fast reactor licensing. Expert-opinion elicitation was performed to qualitatively assess the current state of sodium fast reactor technologies. Five independent gap analyses were performed resulting in the following topical reports: (1) Accident Initiators and Sequences (i.e., Initiators/Sequences Technology Gap Analysis), (2) Sodium Technology Phenomena (i.e., Advanced Burner Reactor Sodium Technology Gap Analysis), (3) Fuels and Materials (i.e., Sodium Fast Reactor Fuels and Materials: Research Needs), (4) Source Term Characterization (i.e., Advanced Sodium Fast Reactor Accident Source Terms: Research Needs), and (5) Computer Codes and Models (i.e., Sodium Fast Reactor Gaps Analysis of Computer Codes and Models for Accident Analysis and Reactor Safety). Volume II of the Sodium Research Plan consolidates the five gap analysis reports produced by each expert panel, wherein the importance of the identified phenomena and necessities of further experimental research and code development were addressed. The findings from these five reports comprised the basis for the analysis in Sodium Fast Reactor Research Plan Volume I.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1044967
• Report Number(s): SAND2012-4259; TRN: US1203585
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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