Severe Accidents in Sodium Fast Reactors

Safety Study Approach, Prevention and Mitigation by Design

Frédéric Bertrand, Andrea Bachrata, Nathalie Seiler, Christophe Journeau

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2024
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323954365
• Subtopic: Thermodynamics
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Severe accidents in Sodium Fast Reactors: Safety Study Approach, Prevention and Mitigation by Design is a unique presentation of research work from the Sodium Fast Reactor Severe Accident team at CEA. Focusing on in-core and out-core severe accident phenomena, this book analyzes severe accident scenarios and mitigation, related calculations and tools, and key outcomes from important experimental programs. The book describes the state-of-the-art on severe accident research which will help to inform and direct further pre-conceptual Generation IV SFRs. Lessons learned from the pre-conceptual phase of the French ASTRID project are highlighted alongside different approaches to demonstrate robustness.To support the demonstration of concepts explored, a special section dedicated to calculation tools and their validation offers readers a unique set of tools to guide and inform their own research work. Readers will gain a deep understanding of methodologies to illustrate approaches as well as an overview of safety approaches from key countries based on the editor's rich international collaboration. - Written by a group of experts from CEA Cadarache on the research of the Sodium Fast Reactor and Severe Accidents Project - Focuses on the safety and mitigation of future sodium reactor severe accidents - Includes methodologies for the safety evaluation of SFRs to inform future designs

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Front matter
• About the cover page
• Copyright
• Tribute
• Contributors
• About the book and chapter editors
• About chapter editors
• Acknowledgments
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Introduction
• Chapter 2 : Dynamic and historical vision of severe accident approach in SFR former projects
• Chapter 3 : Overview of ASTRID and JSFR design
• Chapter 4 : Severe accident scenario consideration and study methodology for mitigation implementation by design proposed by CEA
• Chapter 5 : Severe accident calculation tools used for severe accident and mitigation studies
• Chapter 6 : Mitigation studies carried out for the French SFR demonstrator
• Chapter 7 : Experimental support studies for ASTRID mitigation device design
• Chapter 8 : Severe accident mitigation approach and studies for JSFR and other recent SFRs
• Chapter 9 : Further R&D needs
• Chapter 10 : Conclusion
• Acronyms
• Glossary
• Index
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