FFTF status and test results
A general description of the FFTF is presented concerning the construction progress; status of startup and selected startup test results; and planned experiment program during and subsequent to the startup testing program. The FFTF is a 400 MWt, sodium cooled test reactor plant consisting of a fast-neutron reactor fueled by mixed plutonium oxide-uranium oxide fuel elements, three independent heat transport loops, extensive instrumentation, fuel handling equipment, and auxiliary systems which support the main reactor and cooling systems. The FFTF contains no steam generators, electrical generating equipment, or breeding blankets. Heat generated in the reactor is released to the ambient atmosphere by twelve large sodium-to-air heat exchangers.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-14-2170
- OSTI ID:
- 5593479
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-SA-1795; CONF-7904117-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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