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Sodium Loop Safety Facility W-2 experiment fuel pin rupture detection system. [LMFBR]

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OSTI ID:5352957
The objective of the Sodium Loop Safety Facility (SLSF) W-2 experiment is to characterize the combined effects of a preconditioned full-length fuel column and slow transient overpower (TOP) conditions on breeder reactor (BR) fuel pin cladding failures. The W-2 experiment will meet this objective by providing data in two technological areas: (1) time and location of cladding failure, and (2) early post-failure test fuel behavior. The test involves a seven pin, prototypic full-length fast test reactor (FTR) fuel pin bundle which will be subjected to a simulated unprotected 5 cents/s reactivity transient overpower event. The outer six pins will provide the necessary prototypic thermal-hydraulic environment for the center pin.
Research Organization:
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC14-76FF02170
OSTI ID:
5352957
Report Number(s):
HEDL-SA-1966-FP; CONF-800607-67
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English