Application of core structural design guidelines in conceptual fuel pin design. [LMFBR]

Conference · Wed Mar 14 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6053444

Patel, M. R.; Stephen, J. D.

The paper describes an application of the Draft RDT Standards F9-7, -8, and -9 to conceptual design of Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) fuel pins. The Standards are being developed to provide guidelines for structural analysis and design of the FBR core components which have limited ductility at high fluences and are not addressed by the prevalent codes. The development is guided by a national working group sponsored by the Division of Reactor Researcch and Technology of the Department of Energy. The development program summarized in the paper includes establishment of design margins consistent with the test data and component performance requirements, and application of the design rules in various design activities. The application program insures that the quantities required for proper application of the design rules are available from the analysis methods and test data, and that the use of the same design rules in different analysis tools used at different stages of a component design producees consistent results. This is illustrated in the paper by application of the design rules in the analysis methods developed for conceptual and more detailed designs of an FBR fuel pin.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Sunnyvale, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-03-0893-031
• OSTI ID: 6053444
• Report Number(s): GEFR-SP-149; CONF-790615-6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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