Pool-type LMFBR plant 1000 MWe Phase A-extension-2 design. Part 1: executive summary. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6209842· OSTI ID:6209842

Golan, S.; Davies, S. M.

A 9000 MWe (net) pool-type LMFBR plant has been developed, to approximately the same level as current US loop-type LMFBR plant designs, in a conceptual design study sponsored by EPRI. A major guideline specified the plant to have an 875/sup 0/F reactor outlet temperature and 550/sup 0/F, 1000 psi steam with the design effort concentrating on areas of the plant unique or especially important to the pool concept. These areas include the reactor deck; the reactor assembly and its internal structures, the thermal behavior of the plant during steady state and transients; the auxiliary heat transport systems; the primary sodium pumps; the intermediate heat exchangers; the plant seismic response; maintenance and inspection; and the Balance of Plant. The main conclusion arising from this work is that the large pool-type LMFBR is a viable concept suitable for use in the United States.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Sunnyvale, CA (USA). Advanced Reactor Systems Dept.; Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6209842
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-1014-SY(Vol.1)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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