Fast Reactor Safety Research Program. Quarterly report, January--March 1977. [LMFBR excursions, meltdown debris bed, sodium containment, and fuel motion detection]

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7088471· OSTI ID:7088471

Progress is summarized in the following study areas: accident energetics; core debris behavior; sodium containment and structural integrity; research for elevated temperature design criteria; fuel motion detection; and ACPR fuel motion detection system.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 7088471
• Report Number(s): SAND-77-0611; NUREG-0181-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CORIUM
HEAT TRANSFER
MOTION
EXCURSIONS
FAILED ELEMENT MONITORS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
REACTOR SAFETY
REACTOR CORE DISRUPTION
CONTAINMENT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ACPR REACTOR
AFTER-HEAT REMOVAL
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IMAGE SCANNERS
IN CORE INSTRUMENTS
MELTDOWN
SODIUM
X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY
ACCIDENTS
ALKALI METALS
BREEDER REACTORS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
HYDRIDE MODERATED REACTORS
INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
MATERIALS TESTING
METALS
MIXED SPECTRUM REACTORS
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
PULSED REACTORS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION
REACTORS
REMOVAL
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
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SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
TESTING
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