Post-accident conditions: I. Fast reactor debris bed experiments. II. Molten core penetration measurements
Conference
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OSTI ID:6606785
Following a fast reactor accident, particulate debris beds may be formed. The paper describes the first debris bed experiments using internally-heated oxide fuel in liquid sodium, summarizes the results from the first three in-reactor experiments, and offers an important conclusion on debris bed dryout. An acoustic technique is described which has been used to monitor the penetration of molten core materials into concrete. The measured initial penetration rate of the melt is of the order of 60 mm/min.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 6606785
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-78-1223C; CONF-781022-6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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