Summary of the thermal evaluation of LWBR (LWBR Development Program)

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6513532· OSTI ID:6513532

Lerner, S.; McWilliams, K. D.; Stout, J. W.; Turner, J. R.

This report describes the thermal evaluation of the core for the Shippingport Light Water Breeder Reactor. This core contains unique thermal-hydraulic features such as (1) close rod-to-rod proximity, (2) an open-lattice array of fuel rods with two different diameters and rod-to-rod spacings in the same flow region, (3) triplate orifices located at both the entrance and exit of fuel modules and (4) a hydraulically-balanced movable-fuel system coupled with (5) axial-and-radial fuel zoning for reactivity control. Performance studies used reactor thermal principles such as the hot-and-nominal channel concept and related nuclear/engineering design allowances. These were applied to models of three-dimensional rodded arrays comprising the core fuel regions.

• Research Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Lab. (BAPL), West Mifflin, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC11-76PN00014
• OSTI ID: 6513532
• Report Number(s): WAPD-TM-1385; TRN: 81-010428
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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