A transient overpower experiment in EBR-II
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Tokyo (Japan)
The TOPI-IE test was a transient overpower test on irradiate mixed-oxide fuel pins in the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II). The test, the fifth in a series, was part of a cooperative program between the US Department of Energy and the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation of Japan to conduct operational transient testing on mixed-oxide fuel pins in the metal-fueled EBR-II. The principle objective of the TOPI-1E test was to assess breaching margins for irradiated mixed-oxide fuel pins over the Plant Protection System (PPS) thresholds during a slow, extended overpower transient. This paper describes the effect of the TOPI-1E experiment on reactor components and the impact of the experiment on the long-term operability of the reactor. The paper discusses the role that SASSYS played in the pre-test safety analysis of the experiment. The ability of SASSYS to model transient overpower events is detailed by comparisons of data from the experiment with computed reactor variables from a SASSYS post-test simulation of the experiment.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 10129533
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/RA/CP-80023; CONF-940402-8; ON: DE94007625; TRN: 94:008453
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International topical meeting on the safety of advanced reactors,Pittsburgh, PA (United States),18-20 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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