Experimental Breeder Reactor II inherent shutdown and heat removal tests - test results and analysis
A test program is being conducted to demonstrate that a power producing Liquid Metal Reactor (LMR) can passively remove shutdown heat by natural convection; passively reduce power in response to a loss of reactor flow and passively reduce power in response to a loss of the balance of plant heat sink. Measurements and pretest predictions confirm that natural convection is a reliable, predictable method of shutdown heat removal and suggest that safety-related pumps or pony motors are not necessary for safe, shutdown heat removal in a LMR. Measurements from tests in which reactor flow and heat rejection to the balance of plant were perturbed show that reactivity feedbacks can passively control power and temperature. This data is a basis for additional tests including a complete loss-of-flow without scram and a complete loss of heat sink without scram.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 5633119
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-850410-31; ON: DE85010483
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ANS/ENS fast reactor safety meeting, Knoxville, TN, USA, 21 Apr 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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