Update; Sodium advanced fast reactor (SAFR) concept

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA)

OSTI ID:7038687

Oldenkamp, R D; Brunings, J E ^[1]; Guenther, E ^[2]; Hren, R ^[3]

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1. Rockwell International Corp., Canoga Park, CA (USA)
2. Combustion Engineering, Windsor, CT (US)
3. Bechtel National Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)

This paper reports on the sodium advanced fast reactor (SAFR) concept developed by the team of Rockwell International, Combustion Engineering, and Bechtel during the 3-year period extending from January 1985 to December 1987 as one element in the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor Program. In January 1988, the team was expanded to include Duke Engineering and Services, Inc., and the concept development was extended under DOE's Program for Improvement in Advanced Modular LMR Design. The SAFR plant concept employs a 450-MWe pool-type liquid metal cooled reactor as its basic module. The reactor assembly module is a standardized shop-fabricated unit that can be shipped to the plant site by barge for installation. Shop fabrication minimizes nuclear-grade field fabrication and reduces the plant construction schedule. Reactor modules can be used individually or in multiples at a given site to supply the needed generating capacity.

• OSTI ID: 7038687
• Report Number(s): CONF-880403-; CODEN: PAPWA; TRN: 90-014065
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA), Vol. 50; Conference: American power conference, Chicago, IL (USA), 18-20 Apr 1988; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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