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Title: Lead-bismuth eutectic as advanced reactor collant : operational experience

Abstract

Some proposed advanced reactor concepts would be cooled by lead or lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE). An LBE test loop was designed and built at Los Alamos to develop the engineering and materials technology necessary to successfully implement LBE as a coolant (Fig. 1). Operational since December 2001, this test loop has been used to develop and demonstrate safe operation, oxygen concentration and metal corrosion control, instrumentation, thermal-hydraulic performance of heat exchangers and recuperators, and free convection and forced pumping. This paper discusses the technology development and lessons learned from the operation of this facility. A LBE test loop has been operational since December 2001. Using procedures, training, and engineering controls, this loop has operated without an accident. Continuous improvements in operation procedures and instrumentation over these years have resulted in a facility of high reliability, providing the groundwork for the use of LBE as a reactor coolant for temperatures up to 550 C.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Keith A.
  2. Valentina
  3. Ning
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
977676
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-04-3925
TRN: US1003630
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Submitted to: ANS Meeting, Washington, DC, November 14, 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; COOLANTS; CORROSION; EUTECTICS; LEAD; BISMUTH; TEST FACILITIES; MATERIALS TESTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS

Citation Formats

Woloshun, K A, Watts, V, and Li, N. Lead-bismuth eutectic as advanced reactor collant : operational experience. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Woloshun, K A, Watts, V, & Li, N. Lead-bismuth eutectic as advanced reactor collant : operational experience. United States.
Woloshun, K A, Watts, V, and Li, N. 2004. "Lead-bismuth eutectic as advanced reactor collant : operational experience". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/977676.
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