REACTOR SAFETY SYSTEM RESPONSE

Technical Report · Fri Feb 14 04:00:00 EST 1958

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4310425· OSTI ID:4310425

Green, F.P. ed.

A collection of papers presented at the Third Annual Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, June 10, 1957, by the Reactor Controls Department. Reactor accidents are discussed which might be caused by failure of the control system. A second group of accidents, not caused by controls, can be mitigated by a fast safety system. Factors are enumerated which govern the realization of a fast safety system. A pulse method for determining magnet release tirae in a field installation is described. The basic principles of electromagnet design are reviewed, with special emphasis on the factors which affect release time and an experimental evaluation of the performance of solid and slotted pole electromagnets used in research reactors is presented. The results of tests on deterraination of entering velocities of a control rod of the BSF type are described. An analysis of the corrective action provided by insertion of safety rods when a reactor is on a fast period was made for a specific reactor by analog computer simulation. (M.H.R.)

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• NSA Number: NSA-12-006194
• OSTI ID: 4310425
• Report Number(s): ORNL-2318
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCIDENTS
ANALOG SYSTEMS
COMPUTERS
CONTROL ELEMENTS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
ELECTROMAGNETISM
FAILURES
GAMMA DETECTION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETS
MONITORING
PERFORMANCE
PHYSICS
PLANNING
PULSES
REACTOR SAFETY
REACTORS
RELAYS
SAFETY
TESTING
TRANSIENTS
VELOCITY