Nuclear reactor safety heat transfer

Book · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5534561

Jones, O C ^[1]

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1. ed.

The material in the text is presented in five major sections comprising twenty-four chapters. The first section, entitled ''Overview,'' presents the background material placing nuclear power in perspective. The second section of the text, ''Fundamental Concepts,'' describes the startup and shutdown procedures, typical manevuering transients, faults of moderate and remote frequency, and the concept of design basis accidents. This is done for both water reactor systems (LWR) and liquid metal fast breeder reactor systems (LMFBR). The balance of the textbook is concerned with specific features of LWRs and LMFBRs, specifically concerning the design basis accident-large break guillotine loss of coolant accident (LOCA) in LWRs and the core disruptive accident (CDA) in LMFBRs-and topics of a more general nature. The fifth section, ''Special Topics,'' includes vapor explosions, natural convective cooling, blockages, sodium boiling, and experimental techniques. The section is completed by a brief but thorough description of the sequence of events that occurred during the accident at Three Mile Island.

• OSTI ID: 5534561
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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