The development of a realistic source term for sodium-cooled fast reactors : assessment of current status and future needs.
Description/Abstract
Sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) continue to be proposed and designed throughout the United States and the world. Although the number of SFRs actually operating has declined substantially since the 1980s, a significant interest in advancing these types of reactor systems remains. Of the many issues associated with the development and deployment of SFRs, one of high regulatory importance is the source term to be used in the siting of the reactor. A substantial amount of modeling and experimental work has been performed over the past four decades on accident analysis, sodium coolant behavior, and radionuclide release for SFRs. The objective of this report is to aid in determining the gaps and issues related to the development of a realistic, mechanistically derived source term for SFRs. This report will allow the reader to become familiar with the severe accident source term concept and gain a broad understanding of the current status of the models and experimental work. Further, this report will allow insight into future work, in terms of both model development and experimental validation, which is necessary in order to develop a realistic source term for SFRs.
| DOI | 10.2172/1018468 |
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| Creator/Author: | LaChance, Jeffrey L. ; Phillips, Jesse ; Parma, Edward J., Jr. ; Olivier, Tara Jean ; Middleton, Bobby D. |
| Publication Date: | 2011 Jun 01 |
| OSTI Identifier: | OSTI ID: 1018468 |
| Report Number(s): | SAND2011-3404 |
| DOE Contract Number: | AC04-94AL85000 |
| DOI: | 10.2172/1018468 |
| Other Number(s): | TRN: US1103414 |
| Resource Type: | Technical Report |
| Research Org: | Sandia National Laboratories |
| Sponsoring Org: | USDOE |
| Subject: | 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ACCIDENTS; COOLANTS; FAST REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SIMULATION; SODIUM; SOURCE TERMS; VALIDATION |
| Country of Publication: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Size: 74 p. |
| Update Date: | 2011 Aug 04 |
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