Fuel Coolant Thermal Interaction Project. Quarterly progress report No. 2, October 1, 1975--December 31, 1975. [LMFBR]

Technical Report · Sun Feb 29 23:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7351864· OSTI ID:7351864

Todreas, N E

The objective of the work reported is to experimentally and analytically study the dominant mechanisms 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: 7351864
• Report Number(s): COO-2781-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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