Modeling Radionuclide Vaporization from Sodium Pools for SFR Mechanistic Source Term Analysis
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
To assist both the advanced reactor industry and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the pursuit of reactor design and licensing, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program has established a mechanistic source term (MST) research project under the Multiphysics Applications technical area. As part of this effort, an MST mod/sim development pathway was developed in FY21 under the NEAMS program, which outlines the high-level objectives and near-term tasks necessary to achieve the project objectives. One such recommended task was the assessment of a previously developed thermodynamic database to model radionuclide vaporization from liquid sodium pools (specifically in the context of MST analyses), which is the focus of this topic report. As such, a thermodynamic database was created in FactSage for liquid sodium pools containing oxygen and relevant elements which represent radionuclides pertinent to MST analyses. The database was demonstrated in calculating vapor fraction curves for each element in the system at concentrations relevant to SFR MST.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1995400
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/NSE--22/69; 184035
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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