Nonequilibrium phenomena in flashing water used as an HCDA source simulant. Technical report No. 8. [LMFBR]

Technical Report · Wed Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5378646

Tobin, R J; Cagliostro, D J; Florence, A L

The philosophy behind the design of liquid metal fast breeder reactors (LMFBR) is to keep the risk to the public from accidental releases of radioactivity extremely small. Consistent with this philosophy, LMFBR safety technology research sponsored by DOE includes the consideration of hypothetical core disruptive accidents (HCDA). Recent scale-model simulation experiments on HCDAs identified nonequilibrium phenomena in flashing liquids as a possible attenuation mechanism in the energetics of flashing reactor fuels during an HCDA.

• Research Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (USA). Poulter Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-03-0115-097
• OSTI ID: 5378646
• Report Number(s): SAN-0115-T7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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