Fast reactor safety testing in Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) in the 1980s

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6604391

Wright, A E ^[1]; Dutt, D S ^[2]; Harrison, L J ^[3]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
2. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
3. Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (USA)

Several series of fast reactor safety tests were performed in TREAT during the 1980s. These focused on the transient behavior of full-length oxide fuels (US reference, UK reference, and US advanced design) and on modern metallic fuels. Most of the tests addressed fuel behavior under transient overpower or loss-of-flow conditions. The test series were the PFR/TREAT tests; the RFT, TS, CDT, and RX series on oxide fuels; and the M series on metallic fuels. These are described in terms of their principal results and relevance to analyses and safety evaluation. 4 refs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/NE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6604391
• Report Number(s): CONF-900804-32; ON: DE90017672; TRN: 91-010608
• Resource Relation: Conference: International topical meeting on fast reactor safety, Snowbird, UT (USA), 12-16 Aug 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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