Sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFR)
Development of Structural and Steam Generator Materials for Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors
... words: Fast reactors, PFBR, LCF, 316L(N) SS ...of Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) is largely dependent on the high temperature mechanical properties of structural components ...
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Review of safety improvement on sodium cooled fast reactors after Fukushima accident
... the reactors such as a large thermal iner- tia, diversified heat sink, natural circulation, ability to guarantee minimum sodium ...large sodium quantity of primary coolant provides for a high thermal ...
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Single- and Two-Phase Flow Modeling for Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics Transient Analysis of Advanced Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors
... the FAST code system, which includes models for spatial neutron kinetics as integrated in the PARCS ...for sodium have been implemented in ...out-of-pile sodium boiling experiments conducted under ...
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The economics of alternative fuel cycles on sodium-cooled fast reactors and uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of cost estimates
... The resulting Total Capital Cost distribution fits the mental model of cost estimating practices for designers; uncertainties are quantified in the cost estimating process[r] ...
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Characterization and localization of partial-discharge-induced pulses in fission chambers designed for sodium-cooled fast reactors
... Neutron detection signal characterization, as function of temperature, obtained from the three complete fission chambers (two chambers with geometry 1 from figure 3, and one with geo[r] ...
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Wave propagation simulation in the upper core of sodium-cooled fast reactors using a spectral-element method for heterogeneous media
... a sodium cooling circuit, heterogeneity of medium occurs because of complex flow state especially in its operation and then the effects of this heterogeneity on an acoustic propagation is not ...liquid ...
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Impact of nuclear data on sodium-cooled fast reactor calculations
... 1 Introduction Among the envisaged Gen-IV reactor concepts are the sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFR). However, there is not much operation experience with these concepts and only very few data ...
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Extension of ASTEC-Na capabilities for simulating reactivity effects in Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor
... a b s t r a c t The EU-JASMIN project (7th FP of EURATOM) has been centred on the development and validation of the new severe accident analysis code ASTEC-Na (Accident Source Term Evaluation Code) for ...
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A Study on Corrosion Behaviors of Ferritic/Martensitic Steels in Liquid Sodium Condition for Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor Application
... liquid sodium have been obtained in programs carried out in support of core component materials development for fast breeder reactors ...for sodium cooled fast reactors ...
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C-14 Production in Lead-Cooled Reactors
... for fast neutron systems since the beginning of nuclear fuel development owing to their suitable ...IV reactors, such as the LFR, the GFR (Gas-cooled Fast Reactor) or the SFR ...
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Demonstration of leak-before-break in Japan sodium cooled fast reactor (JSFR) pipe
... establish Sodium cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) for practical ...Japan Sodium cooled Fast Reactor (JSFR), the first criticality of the demonstration facility for JSFR will be ...
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Sodium fast reactors as potential nuclear power plants in Nigeria’s quest for nuclear electricity
... temperature reactors fuelled by a plutonium/uranium blend and cooled using an inert gas or liquid metal to avoid any neutron moderation and provide a very efficient heat transfer ...FRs: ...
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Development of Ultra-long Cycle Small Modular Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor Core Concept
... modular sodium-cooled fast reactor core concept with the ultra-long cycle operation and the inherent ...the fast reactor point of view, which is totally different from that of PWR due to the ...
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Physical characteristics of large fast-neutron sodium-cooled reactors with advanced nitride and metallic fuels
... for fast-neutron reactors since their early designs due to high density and heat conductivity and the smallest possible number of the diluent nuclei which provides for the highest possible breeding ...large ...
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Reflector and Protections in a Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor: Modelling and Optimization
... Among the large number of potentially good reflector materials, the strategy retained in the present study was to pre-select those having the largest experimental feedbacks, and that could be used with much confidence in ...
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Development, assessment and application of computational tools for design safety analysis of liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactors
... flow. Sodium vapour will first expand axially by penetrating the upper sodium plenum ...liquid sodium of the upper sodium plenum region has been demonstrated to lead to negative reactivity ...
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Application of GRS method to evaluation of uncertainties of calculation parameters of perspective sodium-cooled fast reactor
... 4 Conclusions In this work the GRS technique was used to estimate uncertainties of calculation parameters of a sodium-cooled fast reactor. The technique turned out to be easy to implement and quite ...
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Teaching Sodium Fast Reactors in CEA
... existing reactors, design activities for new projects and decommissioning of old reactors, it is mandatory to develop skills, more particularly among the young generation, who will operate these new ...
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Evaluation of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor Neutronic Benchmarks
... Large difference observed for K-effective between JEFF3.1 and ENDF/B-VII.0 – Main responsible: Pu-238, Pu-239, Pu-240, Na-23. – Some other isotopes like U-238, Fe-56, O-16 might also hav[r] ...
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Leak before break demonstrations for Sodium Fast Reactors
... The Leak-Before-Break (LBB) methodology for Sodium Fast Reactor’s (SFRs) and the relevant procedures have been an on-going development for a long run. First, the main features of the methodology are ...
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