- Author
- Heisler, M. P. | Johnson, R. P. | Nelson, C. T. | Vaughan, E. U. | Guderjahn, C.
- Title
- Characterisation of Sodium Fires and Fission Products. Task 10. April - June 1977.
- Coporate
- Rockwell International Corp., Canoga Park, CA
- Sponsor
- Clark, (David) Co., Inc., Worcester, MA
- Report
- DOE/SF/00824-T10, 1977, 19 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Services. Limited to U.S. Government agencies only; Proprietary information; Jan. 30, 1984. Other requests for this document must be referred to: Comnavairdevcen.
- Keywords
- sodium fires; fission products
- Abstract
- 1) Develop a computer program for calculating two-dimensional, transient, natural convection phenomena such as those arising from various sodium spill accidents in liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) heat transfer equipment vaults, head compartments, containment buildings, and secondary heat transfer systems. 2) Develop experimental programs and conduct tests that will characterize the behavior of sodium, sodium oxide, fuel, fission product, and other aerosols as they might be generated by various postulated LMFBR accidents. 3) Determine by analysis and experiment the generation and transport of these aerosols with respect to source (location, type, and configuration), release dispersal, agglomeration attentuation, and removal for the entire course of events associated with real and hypothetical accident conditions. 4) Determine the effects of an accident in an LMFBR involving fuel melting by contacting molten UO2 (a fuel simulant) with stainless steel, sodium, concrete, and various sacrificial materials.