Fuel Coolant Thermal Interaction Project. Quarterly progress report No. 1, July 1, 1975--September 30, 1975. [LMFBR]

Technical Report · Tue Nov 18 23:00:00 EST 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7262602· OSTI ID:7262602

Todreas, N E

The objective of the work reported is to experimentally and analytically study the dominant mechanism in fuel--coolant thermal interactions which could lead to vapor explosions. The exploration of mechanisms is focused in two areas: (a) mechanisms responsible for fragmentation in molten metal droplet experiments (including assessment of the validity of the proposed spontaneous nucleation mechanism), and (b) thermal stress initiated fracture as a fragmentation mechanism. Work being performed in these areas is briefly described.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7262602
• Report Number(s): COO-2781-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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