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GE post-test analysis of SLSF experiment W-1 through LOPI-4. [LMFBR]

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5236020· OSTI ID:5236020
SLSF experiment W-1 was designed to investigate fuel pin-to-coolant heat transfer during various LMFBR flow-coastdown events in the burnup interval from 0.0 atom percent to 0.5 atom percent. In the study reported here, data from in-fuel thermocouples and coolant (wire-wrap) thermocouples were evaluated during steady-state and transient operation from the beginning of the experiment through LOPI-4 (Loss-of-Piping-Integrity Transient Number 4). The objective of the data evaluation was to determine how maximum coolant temperatures during successive LOPI transients were affected by burnup. A second objective was to identify the mechanisms responsible for this burnup effect.
Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Sunnyvale, CA (USA). Advanced Reactor Systems Dept.
DOE Contract Number:
AT03-76SF71032
OSTI ID:
5236020
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF/71032-T63; ON: DE82008647
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English