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LMFBR fuel analysis, Task B: post-accident heat removal. Final report, 1 Jul 1975--30 Sep 1976

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7308548
The behavior of molten core debris following a hypothetical core disruptive accident in the proposed Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant is examined. Heat dissipating characteristics of an ex-vessel sacrificial bed have been analyzed. A novel form of heat transfer, analogous to film boiling, has been proposed to describe heat transfer from a heat generating pool to surrounding steel walls. Bounding type heat transfer calculations are also made to quantify such hypothetical accident characteristics as debris bed remelting, debris bed dryout in sodium and failure of the reactor cavity steel liner. Several documents that have been submitted to the NRC for its review of the CRBRP are discussed with attention being drawn to heat transfer related issues.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Los Angeles (USA). School of Engineering and Applied Science
DOE Contract Number:
AT(49-24)-0159
OSTI ID:
7308548
Report Number(s):
PB-262407; UCLA-ENG-76115
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English