LMFBR conceptual design study: an overview of environmental and safety concerns

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6475507· OSTI ID:6475507

Brenchley, D L

The US Department of Energy (DOE) initiated the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder (LMFBR) Conceptual Design Study (CDS) with the objective of maintaining a viable breeder option. The project is scheduled to be completed in FY-1981 but decisions regarding plant construction will be delayed until at least 1985. This report provides a review of the potential environmental and safety engineering concerns for the CDS and recommends specific action for the Environmental and Safety Engineering Division of DOE.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6475507
• Report Number(s): PNL-3511; ON: DE81028260; TRN: 81-013932
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
POLLUTION CONTROL
SAFETY ENGINEERING
DESIGN
FISSION PRODUCTS
HYDROGEN
LICENSING
LIQUID METALS
OPERATION
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SODIUM
TRITIUM
ALKALI METALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDER REACTORS
CONTROL
ELEMENTS
ENGINEERING
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FLUIDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
LIQUIDS
MATERIALS
METALS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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210500 - Power Reactors
Breeding