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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 69 | Number 2 | February 1979 | Pages 264-278
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A20616
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This paper describes the basic equations and solution techniques of a collection of heat transfer and coolant voiding dynamics models that have been developed and successfully applied to simulate hypothetical accidents in liquid-metal-cooled fast breeder reactors (LMFBRs) to the point of permanent subcriticality or to the initiation of a prompt-critical excursion. These models emphasize analytic and integral solution techniques to minimize computational time and have been programmed into the SACO fast-running accident analysis computer code. The comparisons of SACO results to analogous SAS3D results used to qualify these models are illustrated and discussed. The fast-running nature of these models makes them an ideal sensitivity analysis tool for use in probabilistic evaluations of LMFBR accidents. Their use in this application is illustrated.